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Fisher, Charles Dennis, 1877-1916
Fisher, Charles Dennis, 1877-1916
GB-2014-WSA-07145 · Person · 1877-1916

Fisher, Charles Dennis, sixth son of Herbert William Fisher, of Hove, Sussex, sometime Vice-Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall and Devon, by Mary Louisa, second daughter of John Jackson, M. D., of Brighton, Sussex; nephew of Cecil Edward Fisher (q.v.); b. Aug. 4, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 15, 1891; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1896, matric. October 1896; Slade Exhibitioner 1897; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1908; 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1900; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903; lecturer and tutor at Ch. Ch. 1901; official student 1903; censor 1907-14; played cricket for Oxford against Cambridge 1900, and for Sussex 1901; a Governor of the School from 1908; also a member of the Governing Body of Christ's Hospital School; being disabled from joining the army, Fisher, on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, learned to drive a motor, and enlisted in the R.A.M.C. Ambulance Corps; served in Flanders for a year and was mentioned in despatches for his bravery under fire; obtained a commission as Lieut. in the R. N. V. R. Aug. 16, 1915, and was appointed to H. M. S. Invincible; edited the text of Tacitus in the Oxford series of Scriptores Classici, and was engaged in writing a commentary of the Histories of Tacitus; drowned on board H. M. S. Invincible when it went down in the battle of Horn Reef, off Jutland, May 31, 1916; The Chivalry of the Sea was dedicated to his memory by the Poet Laureate; unm.
Fisher, Frederick, 1816-1884
GB-2014-WSA-07149 · Person · 1816-1884

FISHER, FREDERICK, fourth son of Robert Fisher (adm. 1783, qv); b. 3 Jul 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1830 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836, matr. Mich. 1835; migr. to Magdalene Coll. 26 Oct 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; ordained deacon (New Zealand) 1847, priest (Salisbury) 1853; missionary with SPG at Howick, New Zealand 1847-9; Curate, Bremhill, Wilts., 1850; various other curacies to 1869; Vicar of Fleet, Hants., 1869-72; Rector of Downham, Cambs., from 1863; m. 1 Feb 1849 Mary, younger dau. of William Hayes, Middle Temple, barrister; d. 10 Jun 1884.
Fisher, Jabez, 1771-1830
GB-2014-WSA-07152 · Person · 1771-1830

FISHER, JABEZ, eldest son of Robert Fisher, Mitcham, Surrey, attorney, and his first wife Jane, dau. of Jabez Daniel, London, goldsmith; b. 14 Feb 1771; adm. 6 Mar 1783, from St. Paul’s Sch.; KS 1784; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1789, Bishop Williams scholar 3 Nov 1789, kept six terms, matr. Mich. 1789; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1788, called to bar 20 May 1794; d. unm. 25 May 1830.
Fisher, Roderick Charles, 1902-?
GB-2014-WSA-07158 · Person · 1902-?

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, 1652-1691
GB-2014-WSA-07159 · Person · 1652-1691

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, fl. 1614
GB-2014-WSA-019107 · Person · fl. 1614

FISHER, SAMUEL; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1614 (Chapter Muniments 33669).
Fitch, William, ca. 1676-1743
GB-2014-WSA-07166 · Person · ca. 1676-1743

FITCH, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Fitch, High Hall, Henbury, Dorset, and St. Anne’s, Blackfriars, London, builder, and Melior, dau. of William Russell, Kingston Lacy, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1690; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1689/90; adm. Middle Temple 9 Jan 1689/90; m. (settlements dated 11-12 Apr 1694) Anne, dau. of Sir Thomas Leigh, Testwood, Hampshire [IGI has marriage at Nursling, Hampshire 12 Apr 1693 (sic)]; d. 8 Oct 1743.
Fitgerald, William, ca. 1634-?
GB-2014-WSA-07167 · Person · ca. 1634-?

FITGERALD, WILLIAM, son of Rev. Richard Fitzgerald, Ireland; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1649, aged 17, matr. 7 Jun 1651, Westminster Student.
Fitzgarret, Edward, fl. 1582
GB-2014-WSA-019108 · Person · fl. 1582

FITZGARRET, EDWARD, son of George Fitzgarret; b. ; adm. ; QS 1582 (see Acts of Privy Council, NS xiii, 303, for a letter dated 21 Dec 1581 requiring the Dean not only to admit Fitzgarret “scholler into his Colledge, as sone as any place shall there happen to be voyde” but also “to have speciall care for his bringing up, until he shall prove sufficient to be otherwise preferred”).
Fitz-Geofry, Henry, fl. 1611
GB-2014-WSA-07169 · Person · fl. 1611

FITZ-GEOFRY, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1611, adm. scholar 1612, matr. Mich. 1611. [Possibly the satirist Henry Fitzgeffrey (see DNB), who the editors of Al. Cant. state was doubtless the second son of Sir George FitzJeffreys, Barford, Beds., and was adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Nov 1614, called to bar 14 Jun 1621]