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==Biography==
[[Image:Bourne RC Vanity Fair 1911-03-29.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Robert Bourne – Vanity Fair caricature]]
Bourne was born at Bodington, London, the sonof [[Gilbert Charles Bourne]] who had rowed in the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race of 1882 and 1883. As a child, Bourne lost the sight of one eye in a game of [[rounders]] at school. He was educated at [[Eton College]] where he won the School Sculling in 1906, and then at [[New College, Oxford]]. At Oxford, he stroked the winning [[Oxford University Boat Club|Oxford]] boats in the [[Boat Race]] in 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912, being president in the last two years. He also won the University Sculls in 1910 and the University Fours in 1911 and went head of the river in 1911–12. He was the [[stroke (rowing)|strokeman]] of the New College [[eight (rowing)|eight]] which won the silver medal for Great Britain [[rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/robert-bourne-1.html Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Robert Bourne]</ref> He was a member of the winning crew in the [[Stewards' Challenge Cup]] at [[Henley Royal Regatta]] in 1912, 1913 and 1914.
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, he was moved from active service to the Claims Commission. In 1920 he became [[Justice of the peace|J.P.]] for [[Herefordshire]] and in 1921 a member of the city council.
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