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Born in Tundiani, India, on 10 August 1910, the 1st son of Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Chief Secretary of Ceylon, and Violet Grace [Billinghurst], Bernard was educated at Rugby School (1924-1929) and then came up to Corpus where he achieved a 2nd class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1933: he was also President of the JCR in 1932, of Owlets (also 1932) and Wasps (1932-1933). He joined the Colonial Service in 1933 serving in Nigeria (1933-1943 and then Palestine (1943-1946) where he became Assistant Chief Secretary. He married Joy Maluena in 1942, the daughter of Colonel Norman Bainbridge, and they had a daughter. He was killed on 22 July 1946 in the bombing of the King David Hotel, Jerusalem (aged 35).