Robert Bird (Welsh politician)

Speaking against the motion, Robert Bird declared: “You will find, from Swansea to Newport, a cosmopolitan population who will not submit to the domination of Welsh ideas!” causing outrage among the supporters of Cymru Fydd.

In spite of the inflammatory nature of his comments, Bird seems to have been directing his ire more at the removal of a separate South Wales Liberal organisation, as he was later found among the supporters of a single Welsh Liberal organisation which recognised the economic and social differences between North and South Wales.

[6] Further political controversy engulfed Bird when he was chosen as Liberal candidate for Cardiff, due to his opposition to the Boer War.

[8] Trinity Methodist Church at Newport Road, where he was a member, and where his wife laid the foundation stone of the halls attached, benefited greatly from the family of Robert Bird.

Alderman Bird served on the Committee which secured the National Museum of Wales for Cardiff.