What is Frederick Chalmers Bourne?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Frederick Chalmers Bourne |office = [[List of Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar|Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar]] |term_start = 1946 |term_end = 15 August 1947 |predecessor = [[Henry Twynam]] |successor = ''position abolished'' |office1 = Governor of [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] |term_start1 = 15 August 1947 |term_end1 = 5 April 1950 |predecessor1 = ''position created'' |successor1 = [[Feroz Khan Noon]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1891|8|12|df=y}} |birth_place = [[England]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1977|11|3|1891|8|12|df=y}} |death_place = [[Uckfield]], [[West Sussex]], England |party = |alma_mater = [[Christ Church, Oxford]] }} Sir '''Frederick Chalmers Bourne''' (12 August 1891 – 1977) was an English colonial [[administrator]]. He served in [[British India]]. He began his service in the Royal Army. He then served in the [[civil service]] from 1920. He worked in [[Lahore]] for several years, and held several high positions for the government of [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. Bourne was appointed acting Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar from May to October 1945, and as the acting Governor of Assam in 1946. He then served as the last Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar, from 1946 until [[Partition of India|independence of India]] in 1947. Bourne was then appointed the first [[governor]] of [[East Bengal]], [[United Pakistan]]. He was governor from 15 August 1947 to 5 April 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/frederick1.html|title=Governors and Acting Governors of East Bengal/ East Pakistan 1947-1971|work=The Bangabhaban History|accessdate=24 June 2013|archive-date=9 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409094140/http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/frederick1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw110792/Sir-Frederick-