Sir Richard Birnie

(1760 c.-1832)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Birnie, Richard, ca. 1760-1832 DNB: Birnie, Sir Richard (c.1760–1832), police magistrate LBT ID: RiBirni1832 VIAF ID: 101528521 LOC ID: no2009166191	B/BAP: 1760 DIED: 1832-04-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Born in Scotland, he was a Bow Street police magistrate who played an important part in arrest of the Cato Street conspirators and won the favor of George IV.
REFERENCES TO Sir Richard Birnie: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter IV Found 1: ¶ 2