Ernest Woodford Birch

Sir Ernest Woodford Birch
8th British Resident of Perak
In office
1904–1910
Preceded bySir John Pickersgill Rodger
Succeeded byHenry Conway Belfield
Governor of North Borneo
In office
1901–1903
MonarchEdward VII
Preceded byHugh Charles Clifford
Succeeded byEdward Peregrine Gueritz
Personal details
Born29 April 1857
Trincomalee, British Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka)
Died17 December 1929(1929-12-17) (aged 72)
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, Sussex, England
SpouseMargaret Niven

Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, KCMG[1] (29 April 1857 – 17 December 1929) was a British colonial administrator who served as the eighth British resident of Perak (1904–1911).

  1. ^ Wright, Arnold, Twentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its history, People, commerce, industries and resources, 1908