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FISHER, ROBERT, brother of Jabez Fisher (qv); b. 17 Apr 1775; adm. 6 Mar 1783; adm. Inner Temple [check]; a solicitor at Newport, Shropshire; of Chetwynd Grove, Newport, Shropshire; JP Staffordshire; m. 22 Nov 1802 Ann Frances Cooper, dau. of Richard James, Ludlow, Shropshire; d. 25 Jun 1864.

FISHER, ROBERT, son of Robert Fisher (qv); b. 10 Oct 1808; adm. 7 Oct 1822 (Stikeman's); articled to John Henry Benbow, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney 2 Nov 1824; transferred to his father 10 Jan 1826; adm. attorney, King’s Bench and Common Pleas 18 Nov 1829; practised as a solicitor at Newport, Shropshire; d. 8 Oct 1854.

Fisher, Roderick Charles, younger son of Edmund Montagu Prinsep Fisher, of Chelsea, by Janie Magdalene, daughter of Douglas William Freshfield, of Forest Row, Sussex; nephew of Charles Dennis Fisher (q.v.); b. Sept. 21, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 21, 1916; Capt. of the School 1920; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1921, matric. Michaelmas 1921; B.A. 1923; A. R. I. B.A. 1931; asst. architect, Schools Division, London County Council 1936; architect (grade i) 1959; served in London Heavy Rescue Service in Great War II; m. March, 1938, Margaret Fletcher, daughter of Ralph Fletcher Wright, of Marden, Kent.

FISHER, SAMUEL, second son of Rev. Henry Fisher, Vicar of Warbling, Sussex, and intruded Vicar of Battle, Sussex, and Winifred ---; bapt. 21 Feb 1651/2; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1669; “of a very good heart, and studious besides”, according to William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670 - void 1686; BA 1674; MA 1677; ordained; Rector of Wood Norton, Norfolk, from 23 Feb 1684, and of Swanton Novers, Norfolk, from 30 Mar 1686; d. 17 Feb 1691/2.

FISHER, SAMUEL; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1614 (Chapter Muniments 33669).

FISHER, SIR STANLEY, brother of Sir Edward Francis Knapp-Fisher (qv); b. 12 Feb 1867; adm. ( R) 26 Sep 1878; left Aug 1882; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1885; BA 1888; MA 1892; called to bar, Inner Temple 27 Jan 1890; Midland Circuit; later at Chancery Bar; President, District Court, Kyrenia, Cyprus May 1902 -11, also acting King’s Advocate 1902, 1905, 1907, and acting Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Cyprus Apr 1906 - Feb 1907; joint Commissioner for compiling revised edition of Statute Laws of Cyprus, published 1907; Puisne Judge of Supreme Court, Cyprus 1911-9, Chief Justice 1919-24; knighted 8 Jul 1922; Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago (and President, West Indian Court of Appeal) 1924-6; Chief Justice of Ceylon 1926- Aug 1930; m. Susan Doveton, dau. of Maj. -Gen. William Maxwell, Royal Artillery; d. 28 May 1949.

Fisher, Stefani Melton, brother of Frederick Melton Fisher (q.v.); b. Aug. 10, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left Easter 1911; d. March 2, 1963.

FISHER, THOMAS, son of Peter Fisher, Freshford, Somerset; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1721/2; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1731/2; BA 1735.

Fisher, William Eric, brother of John Malcolm Fisher (q.v.); b. March 22, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Easter 1913; served in the Machine Gun Section of 20th Batt. of the London Regt., and afterwards in the Machine Gun Corps in Great War I; m. April 14, 1921, Nancy Laurie, second daughter of R. H. Green, of Falmouth; d. 10 Dec. 1982.

FISKE, JOHN, son of Thomas Fiske (qv); b. 18 Sep 1739; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1749 (Hawkins'); left 1751; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, 1757-1760; ordained; Rector of Shimplingthorne, Suffolk, from 11 Jun 1773; m. Susan Neville; d. 23 Sep 1800.