George Bird , Esq., of Ceylon. A George Bird (formerly a cavalry officer) was the second brother of Colonel Henry Bird of the 16th Regiment and Commandant of Kandy. Col Bird died of cholera in 1829. george Bird died in Kandy on 1st march 1857. This George Bird was a pioneer of coffee planting in Ceylon. George Bird, one of the earliest planters in Ceylon. George Bird was the second brother of Colonel Henry Bird, Deputy Commissioner-General to His Majesty's Forces in Ceylon during the Governorship of Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes K.C.B. (1824-1831). The first coffee estate in Ceylon was opened in 1821 at Sinnapitiya near Gampola under the management of George Bird. Later, he opened the land at Kondasale, and Pussellawa. In 1862 George Bird was at Gampola, the place from which the tokens possibly originate, as Lowsley (No. 4) makes special mention of the fact that he only found specimens at Kandy. --------- Lieut Colonel Henry C BYRDE. Planter & Merchant in Ceylon, & afterwards Deputy Lieutenant & JP for Co Monmouth; Chairman of Pontypool Petty Sessional Division, & Honorary Colonel of 4th Vol. Battalion South Wales Borderers. [born BIRD, son of Colonel Henry C Bird of 16th Regt, who became Commandant of Kandy, & nephew of Mr George Bird]
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