Papers of James Wheeler Woodford Birch and Sir Ernest Birch 1874-1875, 1889-1929

Birch, J. W. W. (James Wheeler Woodford), 1826-1875

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Birch Ernest Woodford 1857-1929

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James Wheeler Woodford Birch and Ernest Woodford Birch

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James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1826-1875) entered the Ceylon Civil Service at the age of 20, and served in a number of capacities until in May 1870 he was appointed Colonial Secretary for the Straits Settlements. In November 1874 he became the first British Resident of Perak, Malaya. On the 2 November 1875, during an outbreak of violence that followed the introduction of political reforms in the Malayan States, he was assassinated. Ernest Woodford Birch (1857-1929) was th...