François Jacques Houssemayne Du Boulay
François Jacques Houssemayne du Boulay was a British financier and a prominent Huguenot.Life and career
Du Boulay was the son of Rev Benjamin François Houssemaine Du Boulay and Louise Houssemaine Du Boulay and the great grandfather of Sir James Houssemayne Du Boulay. He married Elizabeth Paris. They had eight children.
Du Boulay was a stock jobber. At one time he was the largest holder of government stock on the Bank of England list. On his death in 1828 his fortune included almost one-third of a million sterling in 3% three per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities.. He lived at “Forest” at Walthamstow which was sold on his death and is now Forest School Walthamstow.
