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Fisher was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 21 June, 1887.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25712/pages/3365 no. 25712. p. 3365.] 21 June, 1887.</ref> | Fisher was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 21 June, 1887.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25712/pages/3365 no. 25712. p. 3365.] 21 June, 1887.</ref> | ||
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==Flag Rank== | ==Flag Rank== | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 27 May 2011
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 Commander on 21 June, 1887.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1893.[2]
Flag Rank
Fisher was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 June, 1905, vice Meggs Davis.[3]
Fisher was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 October, 1909.[4]
Fisher succeeded Admiral Sir John Durnford as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 23 March, 1911.[5]
On 15 May, 1913, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Adair.[6]
He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 24 October, 1914.[7]
Fisher died at Kilverstone Hall, Thetford on 23 December, 1943 aged ninety-two. His funeral took place on Sunday, 26 December.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25712. p. 3365. 21 June, 1887.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26422. p. 3980. 14 July, 1893.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27804. p. 4188. 13 June, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28306. p. 8246. 9 November, 1909.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 March, 1911. Issue 39531, col E, pg. 4.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28969. p. 9131. 10 November, 1914.
- ↑ "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 (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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/18.
| 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 |
