Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bird, Robert Merttins

by Charles Edward Buckland

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BIRD, ROBERT MERTTINS (1788–1853)

I.C.S.: arrived in India Nov. 1808: at first held subordinate judicial appointments, but in 1829 became Commissioner of Revenue in the Gorakhpur Division of the N.W.P.: in 1832 was made Member of the new Board of Revenue, N.W. P., and from 1833–41 was in charge of the settlement of the land revenue of that Province: the work was most thoroughly done and established Bird's reputation for all time as a revenue officer: his report was elaborate, embracing other topics besides the assessment of the revenue: retired in 1842, and gave much attention to the Church Missionary Society: died Aug. 22, 1853.