Born: November 8, 1840, St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 1, 1925, St. Edmund’s Coll­ege, Sal­is­bu­ry, Eng­land.

Son of Rev. R. B. Bourne, George was ed­u­cat­ed at Eton, and at Christ Church, Ox­ford (BA 1863, BCL 1866, DCL 1871). Tak­ing Ho­ly Or­ders in 1863, he served as As­sist­ant Cur­ate of Sand­ford-on-Thames (1863-5), Head Mas­ter of St. An­drew's Chard­stock (1866-74), and as of 1886 was Ward­en of that school, which was trans­ferred to St. Ed­mund’s, Sal­is­bu­ry (1874-85), Chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Bloem­fon­tein (1879-98), Sub-dean of Sal­is­bu­ry Ca­thed­ral (1887-1901), and Trea­sur­er and Pre­ben­da­ry of Sal­is­bu­ry Ca­thed­ral (1901). His works in­clude:

• Post Com­mun­ion Hymns (pri­vately printe­d, 1874)

Sources

Lyrics

1. Lord, En­throned in Heav­en­ly Splen­dor
2. O Christ, Our God
3. O Christ, the King of Human Life
4. Of the Won­drous Bo­dy, O My Tongue Be Tell­ing
5. Scarce Dis­cern­ing Aught Be­fore Us