Background
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.
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.
He was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College Oxford.
Her grandfather was Sir Robert Wilmot, 3rd Baronet (1765–1842) of Chaddesden. Lady Houssemayne Du Boulay was Lady in Waiting to Queen Mary (1911 Delhi Durbar India). They had four children.
After university, Du Boulay was selected for the Indian Civil Service.
Thereafter his positions included:
Bombay Presidency;
Lieutenant -Colonel Indian Defence Force. Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay, Lord Northcote.
Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay, Lord Lamington. 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.
Du Boulay retired in 1922.
Temporary member of Governor General"s Executive Council. Member of Indian Jails Committee.
