Sir Frederick Samuel August Bourne CMG (1854–1940) was a British judge, diplomat and botanist who served in China.

[2] Bourne served all over China, including Guangzhou, Chongqing, Pagoda Island (near Fuzhou), Wuhu and Tamsui (near Taipei).

[3] While in Chongqing he had gone on a six-month tour through modern-day Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou to report on the potential for trade.

In 1898, he was appointed Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan based in Shanghai replacing George Jamieson,[6] and serving under Chief Justice Nicholas John Hannen.

[12] A stained glass window, designed by Christopher Webb, in St Dunstan's Church, Mayfield, Surrey has been dedicated to the memory of Bourne and his wife, Alice.