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205:, the training college for the Indian Civil Service. He completed his MA in 1861, LLM in 1878, LLD in 1889. He reached Bombay on 26 January 1859 and served in the Bombay Presidency as assistant collector. In 1863 he was under-secretary to the Bombay legislative council and in 1866 he went as a political assistant at Kathawar. He was appointed judge at Ratnagiri in 1871 and then moved to Thana and Surat. He established a reputation of independence by questioning the government and the legality of its revenue surveys. In 1881 he became Judicial Commissioner and Judge of the Sadar Court in Sind. He was an acting Judge of the Bombay High Court, in 1885 he was granted a permanent position which he held until being appointed Judicial Member of the Bombay Government in 1892. During his Sind tenure, he also worked on improvements to the Karachi public gardens and helped establish a zoo there. 33: 208:
He served from 1885 to 1892 in Bombay as judge and from 1892 to 1897 as judicial and political member of the Bombay council. During this period he also immersed himself in educational and scientific pursuits. Birdwood became a vice-chancellor of the
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from 16 February 1895 to 18 February 1895. He was also a naturalist and botanist who documented the flora of the Matheran region and headed the botanical section of the
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from 1891 to 1892. He was a member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay, and briefly acted as governor in 1895. From 1894 to 1895 he also served as president of
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Birdwood married Edith Marion Sidonie Impey, the daughter of Sergeant-Major Elijah George Halhed Impey, on 29 January 1861. They had six children, including
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He died at his home Dalkeith House, Twickenham, from pneumonia on 21 February 1907 and is buried at Twickenham cemetery.
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Who's who : an annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time"
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and published a catalogue of the plants of Matheran along with the pioneering Indian botanist
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Birdwood was eighteenth in the Indian civil service examination in 1858 to enter the
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Birdwood worked with Justice Wood Renton and E. G. Phillimore to revise of Burge's
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was an economic botanist. He studied the history of the plague in western India.
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Brown, Frank Herbert (1912). "Birdwood, Herbert Mills".
279: 177:(where he distinguished himself in mathematics) and at 327:. No. 36600. London. 31 October 1901. p. 10. 348: 420: 363: 469:Members of the Bombay Natural History Society 459:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers 370:Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 454:Companions of the Order of the Star of India 31: 464:Members of the Bombay Legislative Council 304: 242:Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws 474:People educated at Mount Radford School 421: 366:"A catalogue of the flora of Matheran" 306:"Birdwood, Herbert, Mills (BRDT854HM)" 260:, who held the rank of field marshal. 235:George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood 185:of Peterhouse, and gained the degree ( 444:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 394:The India List and India Office List 391:Great Britain. India Office (1819). 258:William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood 157:Birdwood was born on 29 May 1837 in 13: 331: 14: 485: 351:Dictionary of National Biography 247: 449:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 384: 282:Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton 357: 316: 298: 273: 223:Bombay Natural History Society 147:Bombay Natural History Society 1: 266: 229:. He published a book on the 152: 165:(1807–1882) and educated at 7: 323:"University intelligence". 310:A Cambridge Alumni Database 10: 490: 312:. University of Cambridge. 196: 124:British colonial governor 120: 110: 100: 90: 64: 39: 30: 23: 410:"Herbert Mills Birdwood" 284:; Oakes, Charles Henry; 254:Halhed Brodrick Birdwood 364:Birdwood, H.M. (1886). 175:University of Edinburgh 280:Lawson, William John; 131:Herbert Mills Birdwood 286:Addison, Henry Robert 219:Royal Asiatic Society 179:Peterhouse, Cambridge 115:Peterhouse, Cambridge 211:University of Bombay 167:Mount Radford School 163:Christopher Birdwood 105:Mount Radford School 429:Governors of Bombay 353:. pp. 164–165. 227:Jayakrishna Indraji 95:Twickenham Cemetery 128: 127: 16:Indian politician 481: 406: 404: 402: 378: 377: 361: 355: 354: 346: 329: 328: 320: 314: 313: 302: 296: 295: 277: 137: 71: 68:21 February 1907 50: 48: 35: 25:Herbert Birdwood 21: 20: 489: 488: 484: 483: 482: 480: 479: 478: 419: 418: 400: 398: 387: 382: 381: 362: 358: 347: 332: 322: 321: 317: 303: 299: 278: 274: 269: 250: 199: 193:of Peterhouse. 191:Honorary Fellow 155: 133: 111:Alma mater 86: 73: 69: 60: 51: 46: 44: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 487: 477: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 417: 416: 407: 386: 383: 380: 379: 356: 330: 315: 297: 271: 270: 268: 265: 249: 246: 231:Indian Timbers 198: 195: 154: 151: 126: 125: 122: 118: 117: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 97: 92: 88: 87: 74: 72:(aged 69) 66: 62: 61: 52: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 486: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 426: 424: 415: 411: 408: 396: 395: 389: 388: 375: 371: 367: 360: 352: 345: 343: 341: 339: 337: 335: 326: 319: 311: 307: 301: 293: 292: 287: 283: 276: 272: 264: 261: 259: 255: 248:Personal life 245: 243: 238: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 215:Bombay Branch 212: 206: 204: 194: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 160: 150: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 106: 103: 99: 96: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 67: 63: 59: 58:British India 55: 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 413: 399:. Retrieved 393: 385:Bibliography 373: 369: 359: 350: 324: 318: 309: 300: 290: 275: 262: 251: 241: 239: 230: 207: 200: 156: 130: 129: 91:Burial place 70:(1907-02-21) 18: 439:1907 deaths 434:1837 births 414:The Peerage 181:. He was a 43:29 May 1837 423:Categories 401:9 November 397:. Harrison 376:: 203–214. 267:References 203:Haileybury 183:Bye-Fellow 153:Early life 121:Occupation 76:Twickenham 47:1837-05-29 325:The Times 101:Education 288:(1849). 244:(1907). 217:of the 159:Belgaum 84:England 54:Belgaum 45: ( 197:Career 173:, the 171:Exeter 143:Bombay 80:Surrey 403:2015 65:Died 40:Born 412:at 187:LLD 139:LLD 135:CSI 425:: 372:. 368:. 333:^ 308:. 169:, 149:. 82:, 78:, 56:, 405:. 374:1 49:)

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Belgaum
British India
Twickenham
Surrey
England
Twickenham Cemetery
Mount Radford School
Peterhouse, Cambridge
CSI
LLD
Bombay
Bombay Natural History Society
Belgaum
Christopher Birdwood
Mount Radford School
Exeter
University of Edinburgh
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Bye-Fellow
LLD
Honorary Fellow
Haileybury
University of Bombay
Bombay Branch
Royal Asiatic Society
Bombay Natural History Society
Jayakrishna Indraji
George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood
Halhed Brodrick Birdwood

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