60:, where he had a garden filled with the newest exotics at that time in course of introduction. The family ran a business at St Mary Aldermanbury. John Dubois was involved in the politics of London and represented the Whigs. In 1681 he was in the Committee of the East India Company. A son who was also known as John Dubois became cashier general to the East India Company on 30 September 1697. Dubois became cashier-general to the East India Company on 27 October 1702 after the death of his step-brother, John Dubois the younger. In 1730 Charles Dubois and his nephew Waldo Dubois were implicated in a financial scandal involving some cargo shipments and false accounts. In 1734 he and a clerk named Tullidge were implicated in monetary losses arising from accepting security notes instead of cash from traders. As regards
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