Paternal Family Tree: Fisher
Around 1840 [his father] Captain William Fisher [aged 28] and [his mother] Sophie Lambe [aged 19] were married at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
On 25th January 1841 John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher was born to Captain William Fisher [aged 29] and Sophie Lambe [aged 20] on the Wavendon Estate at Ramboda, Ceylon. He was the eldest of eleven children, of whom only seven survived infancy.
Around 1847, at aged six, John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 5] was sent to liove with his maternal grandfather Alfred Lambe [aged 57] in London.
On 4th April 1866 John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 25] and Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher were married at Portsmouth, Hampshire [Map].
On 5th May 1866 [his father] Captain William Fisher [aged 55] died in a riding accident.
In 1867 [his daughter] Beatrix Alice was born to John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 25] and [his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher.
In 1868 [his son] Cecil Vavasseur Fisher 2nd Baron Fisher was born to John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 26] and [his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher.
In 1873 [his daughter] Dorothy Sybil was born to John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 31] and [his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher.
In 1876 [his daughter] Pamela Mary was born to John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 34] and [his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher.
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On 27th January 1895 [his mother] Sophie Lambe [aged 74] died at 55 Cathcart Road, Brompton.
The London Gazette 28317. Whitehall, December 11, 1909. The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date the 7th instant, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher [aged 68], G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, in the county of Norfolk. [[his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher by marriage Baroness Fisher of Kilverstone in Norfolk.]
1914. Hubert von Herkomer 1849 1914 [aged 64]. Portrait of John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 72].
In July 1918 [his wife] Frances "Kitty" Katharine Broughton Baroness Fisher died.
On 10th July 1920 John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher [aged 79] died. His son Cecil [aged 52] succeeded 2nd Baron Fisher of Kilverstone in Norfolk. He was given a national funeral at Westminster Abbey.
Grandfather: Reverend John Fisher
father: Captain William Fisher
John "Jacky" Fisher 1st Baron Fisher
Grandfather: Alfred Lambe
mother: Sophie Lambe
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Stephens Philpot
Grandmother: Anne Philpot