Edward Palmer Poulton, the elder son of Sir
Edward Bagnall Poulton, F.R.S,
Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford, had a younger brother, Ronald, and three sisters.
Ronald Poulton (1889–1915) was a famous
rugby union footballer, who died in WWI. In 1911 in Oxford, Edward Palmer Poulton married Elfrida Maclean; they had three sons and two daughters. ==Selected publications==