Baron Fisher, of Kilverstone in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the

Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...

. It was created in 1909 for the noted naval reformer Admiral of the Fleet

Sir John 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 t ...

. His son Cecil Fisher, the second Baron, was the adoptive heir of

Josiah Vavasseur Josiah Vavasseur (26 November 1834 – 13 November 1908) was an English industrialist who founded Vavasseur and Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works). In 1883 the company merged with W.G. Armstrong and Company, and Vavasseur became a direc ...

(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 Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

Line of succession

'' John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841–1920)'' ** Coronet of a British Baron

''Cecil Vavasseur Fisher, 2nd Baron Fisher (1868–1955)'' *** Coronet of a British Baron

''John Vavasseur Fisher, 3rd Baron Fisher (1921–2012)'' **** Coronet of a British Baron

Patrick Vavasseur Fisher, 4th Baron Fisher (b. 1953) ***** (1) ''Hon.'' Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986) ***** (2) ''Hon.'' Robin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1996) **** (3) ''Hon.'' Benjamin Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1958) ***** (4) Peter Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986) The

heir apparent An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...

is the present holder's second son, the Hon. Benjamin Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1986), who is married to Katy Lee Fisher. His elder brother, the Hon. John Carnegie Vavasseur Fisher (b. 1979), died on 2 August 2015.

References

* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1909