Henry Crabb-Boulton

Henry Crabb-Boulton (c.1709 – 8 October 1773) was a British Member of Parliament and Director and Chairman of the East India Company.

He inherited in 1746 the properties of her cousin Richard Boulton, an East India director from 1718 to 1738 whose surname he adopted in addition to his own.

In early life he worked as a clerk in the East India Company's offices in London as paymaster and as clerk to the Shipping Committee (1737 to 1757).

In 1753 he was elected a Director of the East India Company for the first time, holding the position for the conventional 3 years.

[1] In 1754 he was elected MP for Worcester, retaining the seat until his death in 1773.