Intended for the Unitarian ministry (in accordance with the theological views of his parents), he was carefully educated, and in 1837 was sent to the Belfast Academy, then under Drs.
Leaving the academy in 1842, Boucher became minister at Southport, next at Glasgow, and finally, in 1848 at the New Gravel Pit Chapel, Hackney, where for five years his fervor and eloquence drew full congregations from all parts of the metropolis.
But he soon afterwards changed his opinions again, resigned his pulpit in 1853, and entered himself at St. John's, Cambridge, to read for Anglican orders.
in 1857 and it was hoped that he would have a brilliant career in the establishment, but his health failed, he left Cambridge, and leading the life of a thorough invalid in the neighborhood, at Chesterton, for many years.
He was one of the trustees of Dr Williams's Library, till his conversion caused him to resign, and he was a member of the Presbyterian board, visiting Carmarthen College.