| Frederick Chalmers Bourne | |
| Office: | Governor of the Central Provinces and Berar |
| Term Start: | 1946 |
| Term End: | 15 August 1947 |
| Predecessor: | Henry Twynam |
| Successor: | Position Abolished |
| Office1: | Governor of East Bengal |
| Term Start1: | 15 August 1947 |
| Term End1: | 5 April 1950 |
| Predecessor1: | Position Created |
| Successor1: | Feroz Khan Noon |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1891 |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Death Place: | Uckfield, West Sussex, England |
| Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Honorific Suffix: | KCSI CIE |
| Father: | Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne |
Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne, (12 August 1891 – 3 November 1977) was an English colonial administrator who served in British India until 1947 and then in the new Dominion of Pakistan until 1950.
Frederick Chalmers Bourne was born on 12 August 1891. He studied in Rugby and finished his master's degree in Christ Church, Oxford.[1] His father was Frederick Samuel Augustus Bourne, a British consular official in China and later Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan.
Bourne was commissioned into the British Army in 1910, and served in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. In 1920, he joined the Indian Civil Service and held several prominent positions in the administrations of Lahore and the Punjab between 1937 and 1945.
He 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 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, and served until 5 April 1950.[2]
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