George Carnac Fisher (1844 – 9 April 1921) was

Bishop of Southampton The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current b ...

from 1896 to 1898 and

Bishop of Ipswich The Bishop of Ipswich was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, in the Province of Canterbury, England.''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing (). ...

from 1899 to 1906. Born in India in 1844 to William Fisher and Frances Brise Fisher (who were first cousins), he was educated at

Windlesham House School Windlesham House School is an independent boarding and day school for boys and girls aged 4 to 13 on the South Downs, in Pulborough, West Sussex, England. It was founded in 1837 by Charles Robert Malden and was the first boys' preparatory school ...

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

. In 1874 he was appointed

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in 1874, transferring to St George, Barrow in Furness in 1879 and

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ten years later. Appointed as

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in the

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) in 1894 to succeed

William Awdry William Awdry (24 January 1842 – 4 January 1910) was the inaugural Bishop of Southampton and Bishop of Osaka, Osaka who subsequently served Bishop of South Tokyo, South Tokyo. He was the fourth son of John Wither Awdry, Sir John Wither Awdry ...

, he was

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in 1899 to

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(a suffragan in the

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), a post he held until ill health necessitated his resignation in January 1906. In 1876, he married Mary Penelope Gwendoline Thompson, daughter of Thomas Charles Thompson, a

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MP. He was the father of George Kenneth Thompson Fisher (who died as a result of sniper fire in Gaza on 3 September 1917)Mosley, Charles (ed.) Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003) page 110. and grandfather of

Antony Fisher Sir Antony George Anson Fisher (28 June 1915 – 8 July 1988), nicknamed AGAF, was a British businessman and think tank founder. He participated in the formation of various libertarian organisations during the second half of the twentieth cen ...

, the founder of the

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. Fisher died at his home in

Fleggburgh Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located north-west of Great Yarmouth and east of Norwich, bisected by the A1064 between Acle and Caister-on-Sea. Histo ...

, Norfolk, on 9 April 1921.

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1844 births People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Bishops of Southampton Bishops of Ipswich 1921 deaths People educated at Windlesham House School {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub