Dictionary of Indian Biography/Bird, William Wilberforce
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BIRD, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE ( ? –1857)
I.C.S.: arrived in India, 1803: Judge and Magistrate of Benares, 1814: Commissioner there, 1826: Member of the Board of Revenue, 1829: Provisional Member of Council, 1837, and Extra Member of the Board of Customs, Salt and Opium, 1837: Member of the Supreme Council, 1838: President of the Council of Education, 1842: President of the Council, 1842, and Deputy-Governor of Bengal, 1840, and 1842; as Senior Member of Council officiated as Governor-General, June 15 to July 23, 1844: retired, 1844: died June 1, 1857.