Bourne, William Sturges, 1769-1845

found: Courtenay, T. Copy of a letter to the Rt. Hon. William Sturges Bourne, chairman of the Select Committee of the House of Commons Appointed for the Consideration of the Poor Laws, 1817?

found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, website, viewed 29 September 2014(Bourne, William Sturges (1769-1845), politician and poor-law reformer, was born on 7 November 1769 as William Sturges; member of parliament for the Treasury borough of Hastings in July 1798; by 1802 he had added George Rose to his circle of political intimates , and was returned with Rose as MP for Christchurch that year; in 1803 Sturges inherited £2000 p.a. from his uncle Francis Bourne and happily concurred with the stipulation that he take the name Bourne; when Pitt returned to office in 1804 Sturges Bourne became secretary to the Treasury; returned to public office under Portland as a lord of the Treasury from March 1807 to September 1809; in 1818 and 1819 Sturges Bourne sponsored a series of bills transforming the administration of poor relief and parish government; sat as MP for Ashburton from 1826 until 1830; resigned his seat (Milborne Port, which he had held since 1830) in March 1831; died at Testwood House, near Southampton, on 1 February 1845)