| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bourne, William Sturges, 1769-1845 NRA: Bourne, William Sturges- (1769-1845) Statesman DNB: Bourne, William Sturges (1769-1845), politician and poor-law reformer LBT ID: WiBourn1845 VIAF ID: 63075721 LOC ID: n87895054  | B/BAP:   1769-11-07 DIED: 1845-02-01  | 
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Tory politician educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford; he was MP for Hastings
                        (1798-1802), Christchurch (1802-12, 1818-26), Bandon (1815-18), Ashburton (1826-30), and
                        Milborne Port (1830-31).  | |