| ![Show Contents]() Birdwood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Early Origins of the Birdwood familyThe surname Birdwood was first found in Cumberland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. This name has undergone many changes throughout the centuries. Conjecturally, the family name emerged from Birdswald, a Clan seated on Hadrian's Wall in Cumberland, at the station known as Amboglanna. The name was corrupted into Birdoswald, Birdwood, Birdworth, Birdswood, and Birdsworth. Early History of the Birdwood familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Birdwood research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1603 is included under the topic Early Birdwood History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Birdwood Spelling VariationsIntuition and sound were the primary sources medieval scribes used to judge appropriate spellings and translations for names. The spelling of a name thus varied according to who was doing the recording. The different spelling variations of Birdwood include Birdoswald, Birdwald, Birdweld, Birdwell, Birdwood, Birdworth, Birdswood, Birdsworth, Beardwall, Beardwell, Berdwall, Berdwell, Beardwood, Beardworth and many more. Early Notables of the Birdwood familyMore information is included under the topic Early Birdwood Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Birdwood migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Birdwood Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. Alfred Birdwood, English convict who was convicted in Plymouth, Devon, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Eden" on 30th September 1848, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Birdwood (post 1700) | + |
- Christopher Bromhead Birdwood MVO (1899-1962), 2nd Baron Birdwood, a British hereditary peer, soldier and author
- Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood (1938-2015), 3rd Baron Birdwood, a British peer and politician
- Herbert Mills Birdwood (1837-1907), the Acting governor of Bombay during the British Raj in 1895
- Jane Birdwood (1913-2000), Baroness Birdwood, wife of Lord Birdwood
- Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood KCIE , MD (1832-1917), Anglo-Indian official, naturalist and writer
- William Riddell Birdwood (1865-1951), 1st Baron Birdwood, British (India born), First World War general, best known as the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Battle of Gallipoli
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Birdwood migration to Australia 
