Birch, Peregrine, clerk to House of Lords 1859-72, index clerk 1872-80, a student of the Middle Temple 1 Feb., 1838, called to the bar 25 Nov., 1842 (5th son of Wyrley Birch, Esq., of Wretham, Norfolk); born 1817; married 5 Sept., 1843, Anna Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Genl. James Grant, of Hayes Park, Middlesex.