Claim: Sir Ernest Woodford Birch, the Eighth British Resident of Perak, was born on April 29, 1857 in Tincomalee, Ceylon and died December 17, 1929 in East Sussex, England.
Evidence: 17 December 1929(1929-12-17) (aged 72)
Battle, East Sussex, Sussex, England 29 April 1857
Trincomalee, Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka) 8th British Resident of Perak