Background
BIRD, Christopher John was born in 1855 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Son of late John Bird, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, of the Natal Civil Sendee.
chairman of the Civil Service Board
BIRD, Christopher John was born in 1855 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Son of late John Bird, Companion of St. Michael and St. George, of the Natal Civil Sendee.
Studied at High School, Pietermaritzburg.
Entered the Natal Civil Service, 1874, and was appointed to his present office on the establishment of Responsible Government in Natal in 1893. Justice of the Peace for the Colony, and chairman of the Civil Service Board. Principal Under-Secretary of the Colony of Natal.
Spouse 1887, Edith, daughter of late Wm. Armstrong, M. It.C.S.E.