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Bird, Clifford Gordon, son of Charles Ellis Bird, of London, solicitor, by Ellen Lancaster, daughter of Alexander Henderson; b. Oct. 15, 1877; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left July 1894; St. Edmund Hall, Oxon., matric. Lent 1899; B.A. 1902; entered the South African Civil Service; seconded to the S. W. African Administration as Public Trustee; retired 1925; Senior Announcer, South African Broadcasting Corpn., Cape Town 1925-42; Property Manager of the Board of Executors, Cape Town; served in the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War 1900, and as Capt., Cape Garrison Artillery, in Great War I; m. June 24, 1911, Joan Elizabeth, daughter of Andries Petrus Brink, of Worcester, Cape Province; d. 1947.

Bird, Clifton Avery, brother of John Henry Benbow Bird (qv); b. 30 May 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (A); left July 1929; RNVR 1942-5 (Lieut. (E)); a co. director in New Caledonia; d. 27 Dec. 1966.

BIRD, EDWARD GORDON, brother of Elphinstone William Bird (qv); b. 29 Jul 1847; adm. (G) 27 Sep 1860; QS 30 Jan 1863; left Whitsun 1864; d. 30 Oct 1868.

BIRD, EDWARD, of Windsor, Berks.; b.; at school under Knipe (Compleat Collection of Tryals (1706-20), iv, 289); afterwards at Eton; after a tour in France and Italy, obtained a commission as Cornet, Royal Horse Guards, 27 May 1706; Lieut., 15 May 1712; indicted at Old Bailey 10 Jan 1718/9, for murder of Samuel Loxton, a waiter, in a house of ill fame in Silver Street; m. 27 Apr 1714 (IGI) Catherine, dau. of Haestricht James, Reigate, Surrey; hanged at Tyburn, 23 Feb 1718/9, aged 26.

BIRD, EDWARD, son of Edward Bird, Stafford; b.; adm. (aged 14) May 1715; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Nov 1717, Canoneer Student 18 Jul 1720-5 (void, probably expiry year of grace); BA 1721; MA 1724; adm. Inner Temple 1 Jun 1717; ordained deacon (Oxford) 31 May 1724; Rector of Church Easton, Staffs., 1724-56; Rector of Colston, Staffs. (dispensation to hold with Church Eaton, 1735).

BIRD, ELPHINSTONE WILLIAM, son of James Bird FRCP MRCS, Hyde Park Square, London, sometime Surgeon, EICS Bombay, and Physician-Gen. to Bombay Medical Board, and Georgina Elizabeth Craig Taylor, Bombay, India (dau. of George Taylor : EICS ?]; b. 7 Aug 1846; adm. (G) 20 Jan 1860; QS 1861; left Oct 1863; d. 6 Mar 1873.

Bird, Eric Hinckes, brother of Ashley Hinckes Bird (q.v.); b. Sept. 27, 1894; adm. Jan. 17, 1907 (R); left July 1912; R. M.C. Sandhurst Dec. 4, 1912; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Aug. 30, 1914; temp. Lieut. Feb. 11 - April 15, 1915; "Lieut. April 16, 1915; was invalided home after some six months on the western front; subsequently attached to the 25th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps as an Observer, and returned to France in June 1916; d. June 27, 1916, of wounds received in an air fight on the western front the previous day.

Bird, John Henry Benbow, son of Sidney Arthur Bird (qv); b. 13 Oct. 1907; adm. Sept. 1922 (A); left Mar. 1926; Brit. Coaling Depots Ltd, Port Said; killed in a yachting accident.

BIRD, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1728; left 1736.