Sir James Houssemayne Du Boulay (15 April 1868 in

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– 26 November 1943) was a British civil servant. Sir J H Du B

Life and career

Houssemayne Du Boulay was the son of James Thomas Houssemayne Du Boulay and Alice Mead Du Boulay (''née'' Cornish) and the great grandson of Francois Jacques Houssemayne Du Boulay. His mother's grandfather was

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(1765–1842) of Chaddesden. He was educated at

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and

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Oxford. On 31 July 1901 he married Freda Elais Butts Howell (1874–1957) granddaughter of Sir Thomas Howell. Lady Houssemayne Du Boulay was Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary (1911, Delhi Durbar, India). They had four children. After university, Houssemayne Du Boulay was selected for the

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. Thereafter his positions included: * Bombay Presidency. * Lt -Col Indian Defence Force. * Private Secretary to Governor of

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, Lord Northcote. * Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay,

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. * Secretary to the Government of Bombay Political Department. * Private secretary to Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. * Secretary to Government of India Home Department. * Temporary member of Governor General's Executive Council. * Member of Indian Jails Committee. Houssemayne Du Boulay retired in 1922.

References

* Burke's Peerage Ltd ''Burke's Landed Gentry''; 18th ed. Vol. 1–3. * Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, ''My Indian Years 1910 - 1916''. London: John Murray, 1948
National Archives of his papers
1868 births 1943 deaths People educated at Winchester College Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian Defence Force officers Companions of the Order of the Star of India Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford {{UK-gov-bio-stub

Life and career

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