Frederic William Fisher

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Admiral SIR Frederic William Fisher, K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (5 October, 1851 – 23 December, 1943) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fisher was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 October, 1909.[1]

Fisher succeeded Admiral Sir John Durnford as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 23 March, 1911.[2]

Fisher died at Kilverstone Hall, Thetford on 23 December, 1943 aged ninety-two. His funeral took place on Sunday, 26 December.[3]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 28306. p. 8246. 9 November, 1909.
  2. "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 March, 1911. Issue 39531, col E, pg. 4.
  3. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 28 December, 1943. Issue 49738, col B, pg. 1.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Frederic Fisher" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 28 December, 1943. Issue 49738, col E, pg. 7.
  • Fisher, Admiral Sir Frederic William, Royal Navy (1938). Naval Reminiscences of Admiral Sir Frederic William Fisher, K.C.V.O.. London: Frederick Muller Ltd.
  • Lowis, Commander Geoffrey Lyttelton, Royal Navy (1959). Fabulous Admirals and Some Naval Fragments. London: Putnam.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Arthur C. B. Bromley
Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
1907 – 1910
Succeeded by
Ernest A. Simons
Preceded by
Sir John Durnford
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1911 – 1914
Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell