English cloth manufacturer and dresser.

Possibly the Samuel Bird (d. 1797) who subsequently directed a Spanish cloth factory, the Royal Factory at San Nicholas in Guadalaxara (1787-97).

First letter in correspondence: Jan. 24, 1784; J. Clayburn La Force, “Royal Textile Factories in Spain, 1700-1800,” Journal of Economic History, xxiv (1964), 351-2n.