Baron Fisher
Baron Fisher , of Kilverstone in the County of Norfolk , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on December 7, 1909 for the Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jackie Fisher . As the First Sea Lord, he had great influence on the building policy of the Royal Navy in the period immediately before and during the First World War . In particular, he was responsible for building the first capital ships . His son and heir to the title, Cecil (1868–1955), inherited the arms manufacturer Josiah Vavasseur in 1909, took the double name "Vavasseur Fisher" as a family name.
List of Barons Fisher (1909)
- John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841-1920)
- Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron Fisher (1868–1955)
- John Vavasseur Fisher, 3rd Baron Fisher (1921–2012)
- Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher (* 1953)
Title heir ( Heir apparent ) is the second-born son of the current Earl, the Hon. Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (* 1986).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Fisher, Baron (UK, 1909) at Cracroft's Peerage
Individual evidence
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 28317, HMSO, London, December 14, 1909, p. 9514 ( PDF , accessed March 26, 2014, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 32162, HMSO, London, December 14, 1920, p. 12341 ( PDF , accessed March 26, 2014, English).
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 44641, HMSO, London, July 25, 1968, p. 8200 ( PDF , accessed March 26, 2014, English).