Background
Bourne was born at Bodington, London the son Gilbert Charles Bourne who had rowed in the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race of 1882 and 1883.
Bourne was born at Bodington, London the son Gilbert Charles Bourne who had rowed in the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race of 1882 and 1883.
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As a child, Bourne lost the sight of one eye in a game of rounders at school. At Oxford, he stroked the winning Oxford boats in the Boat Race in 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912, being president in the last two years. Bourne became a barrister.
In the First World War, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Herefordshire Regiment.
He had one hand crippled and a lung seriously injured at Suvla Bay in the Dardanelles in August 1915. As he had only one good eye moved from active service to the Claims Commission.
He died in office in August 1938 aged 50, suddenly dropping dead while walking on the moors near Strontian, Argyll. At the subsequent by-election the seat was held for the Conservatives by Quintin Hogg.
Bourne married Lady Hester Margaret Cairns, daughter of Wilfred Cairns, 4th Earl Cairns on 7 June 1917.
They lived at Fyfield Manor, Abingdon.
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He was a member of the winning crew in the Stewards" Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1912, 1913 and 1914.
In 1920 he became Justice of the Peace for Herefordshire and in 1921 a member of the city council. Bourne was elected Conservative Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Oxford at a by-election in June 1924, and served as a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1931.