Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne, KCSI, CIE (12 August 1891 – 3 November 1977) was an English

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who served in

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until 1947 and then in the new

Dominion of Pakistan Between 14 August 1947 and 23 March 1956, Pakistan was an independent federal dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations, created by the passing of the Indian Independence Act 1947 by the British parliament, which also created the Dominion of ...

until 1950.

Early life

Frederick Chalmers Bourne was born on 12 August 1891. He studied in Rugby and finished his master's degree in Christ Church, Oxford. His father was

Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne Sir Frederick Samuel August Bourne (1854–1940) was a British judge, diplomat and botanist who served in China. His last positions before retirement were concurrently as Assistant Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Judge of th ...

, a British consular official in China and later Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan.

Career

Bourne was commissioned into the British Army in 1910, and served in the

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. In 1920 he joined the

Indian Civil Service The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947. Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...

and held several prominent positions in the administrations of

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and the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

between 1937 and 1945. He was appointed acting

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of the Central Provinces and Berar from May to October 1945, and as the acting

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in 1946. He became the last Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar in 1946, serving until independence of India on 15 August 1947. Bourne then became the first Governor of Pakistan's

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, and served until 5 April 1950.

References

External links

Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne
at the National Portrait Gallery,

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Frederick Chalmers Bourne
in the National Archives , - 1891 births 1977 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India People from Kent Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Governors of East Pakistan British expatriates in Pakistan Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire British people in colonial India {{England-bio-stub