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Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet. With more than sixty years in the Royal Navy, his efforts to reform the service helped to usher in an era of modernisation which saw the supersession of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon by steel-hulled battlecruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers. Fisher has a reputation as an innovator, strategist and developer of the navy rather than as a seagoing admiral involved in major battles, although in his career he experienced all these things. When appointed First Sea Lord in 1904 he removed 150 ships then on active service which were no longer useful and set about constructing modern replacements, developing a modern fleet prepared to meet Germany during the First World War. Fisher saw the need to improve the range, accuracy and rate-of-fire of naval gunnery, and became an early proponent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Fisher
Baron Fisher, of Kilverstone in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1909 for the noted naval reformer Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher. His son Cecil Fisher, the second Baron, was the adoptive heir of Josiah Vavasseur (1834–1908), an arms manufacturer. Vavasseur left part of his enormous estate to Fisher on the condition that he adopted the Vavasseur name. Fisher assumed the additional surname of Vavasseur in 1909 by Royal licence. the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 2012. The family seat is Kilverstone Hall, near Kilverstone, Norfolk. Line of succession * '' 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 (b. 1953) ***** (1) ''Hon.'' Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986) ***** (2) ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
