Education
Bourke was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1865.
Bourke was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1865.
He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Newbury after which he was the rector of Middleton Stoney before becoming the incumbent of Street Giles" Reading. From 1895 to 1910 he was the rector and sub-dean of Street Mary's Cathedral, Truro, a position he held until his move to Buckingham.