Individual Details
Admiral Sir Frederick William Fisher KCVO
(5 Oct 1851 - 23 Dec 1943)
Admiral Sir Frederic William Fisher KCVO (5 October 1851 – 23 December 1943) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Naval career
Born the son of Captain William Fisher and the younger brother of John Fisher, Fisher joined the Royal Navy around 1870. He was given command of the cruiser HMS Grafton in 1898, the battleship HMS Collingwood in 1899 and the battleship HMS Illustrious in 1900.[1] On 18 April 1901, he commissioned at Chatham the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Revenge , which was to serve both as coast guard ship at Portland and flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves.[2] He received command of the battleship HMS Canopus in 1904.[3] He went on to be Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1907 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1911 before retiring in 1914.[4]
Naval career
Born the son of Captain William Fisher and the younger brother of John Fisher, Fisher joined the Royal Navy around 1870. He was given command of the cruiser HMS Grafton in 1898, the battleship HMS Collingwood in 1899 and the battleship HMS Illustrious in 1900.[1] On 18 April 1901, he commissioned at Chatham the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Revenge , which was to serve both as coast guard ship at Portland and flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves.[2] He received command of the battleship HMS Canopus in 1904.[3] He went on to be Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1907 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1911 before retiring in 1914.[4]
Events
| Birth | 5 Oct 1851 | Ceylon | |||
| Military service | 1871 - 1901 | Royal Navy | |||
| Death | 23 Dec 1943 | Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
Families
| Father | Capt William Fisher (1811 - 1866) |
| Mother | Sophie Lambe (1820 - 1895) |
| Sibling | Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot "Jack" Fisher GCB, OM, GCVO (1841 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Alice Caroline Fisher (1842 - 1915) |
| Sibling | Robert Wilmot Fisher (1845 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Catherine Emily Fisher (1847 - ) |
| Sibling | Arthur Fisher (1848 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Francis Conrad "Frank" Fisher (1850 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Kate Fisher (1854 - ) |
| Sibling | Lt Philip Fisher (1858 - 1880) |