James Wheeler Woodford Birch commonly known as J. W. W. Birch (3 April 1826 – 2 November 1875) was the first British Resident in Perak Malaysia. He was appointed to the post on 4 November 1874 as the government adviser to the Sultan of Perak following the signing of the famous Pangkor Treaty on 20 January 1874 which established Perak as a British protectorate state. He was the Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements between 1870 and 1874.
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