François Jacques Houssemayne Du Boulay

François Jacques Houssemayne du Boulay (born London 24 June 1759 died 28 October 1828) 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 (née Lamotte) and the great grandfather of Sir James Houssemayne Du Boulay. He married Elizabeth Paris (31 August 1775 - 19 July 1814). 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 (equivalent to £28,730,760 in 2019).[1]. He lived at “Forest” at Walthamstow which was sold on his death and is now Forest School Walthamstow.

References
  • Burke's Peerage Ltd Burke's Landed Gentry; 18th ed. Vol. 1-3.
  • "Protestant exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV; or the Hugenot refugees and their descendants in Great Britain & Ireland" David C Agnew 1821-1887
  • "Bank of England archives" 1827 3% Consol holders list
  • "The Hugenots" S Smiles 1881
  • "A pedigree of the family of Houssemayne Du Boulay" James T Houssemayne Du Boulay 1908
  • https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Protestant_Exiles_from_France_Agnew_vol_2.djvu/397


  1. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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