Owen Johnson Birt

Owen Johnson Birt (d. 1843) was the son of Caleb Evans Birt (1795-1854), minister at Broadmead in Bristol. The younger Birt was appointed as a BMS missionary to Ceylon in October 1842 (see letters 188 and 192 in Whelan, Baptist Autographs), but unfortunately, he died in route on 15 March 1843. His wife, however, continued on to Ceylon. A letter from her appeared in the Missionary Herald (April 1844): 210-212. See BMS Committee Minutes, Vol. I (Jan. 1843-May 1844), f. 79, Angus Library, Regent's Park College, Oxford.