Addresses and testimonials addressed to Sir Ernest Birch [ca. 1870]-1920

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

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Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, Sir, 1850-1946

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Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham was born in England in 1850. Swettenham went to Singapore and served as a colonial administrator, eventually assuming the posts of high commissioner for the Malay States and governor of the Straits Settlement. He died in London in 1946. From the description of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham papers, 1873-1940 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122543233 Frank Athelstane Swettenham was born in Belper, England ...

Jervois, W. F. D. (William Francis Drummond), 1821-1897

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Birch Ernest Woodford 1857-1929

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Ernest Woodford Birch

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Ernest Woodford Birch (1857-1929), KCMG (1911), was the eldest son of James Wheeler Woodford Birch, the first British Resident of Perak, Malaya. Ernest Birch entered the Colonial Office as a clerk in 1876. In 1878 he joined the Civil Service in the Straits Settlements (which comprised the four trade centres of Penang, Singapore, Malacca, and Labuan). Birch worked in the Secretariat under Sir Cecil Clementi Smith and in various capacities in Singapore and Malacca until 18...