A STRENUOUS CAREER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 7

A STRENUOUS CAREER.

Lord Fieher hae had a long and honourable career in the British Naval service. The son of Captain W. Fisher, of the 78th Highlanders, he entered tho INavy at the ago of 13, when he waa taken by his mothe^ to Portsmouth, and placed on board a warship about to (sail to take part in the Crimean War. After the Russian War young Fisher put in a brief epell at home, and then in 1861 went off to China, where he again caw active service. From this point his ri&o in the Navy was rapid and steady, till he was able to take part in the bombardment of Alexandria as the captain, of th© Inflexible. Hie appointments aaflore have been hardly inferior to those he has enjoyed afloat, a conspicuous instance being hk inclusion among the British representative who were sent to the Peace Conference convened on the suggestion of the Tsar at The Hague. He hae acted as the hejpd of the training college for naval cadets, and has filled positions in connection with the administrative department of the Admiralty up to that of Senior Lord, hi addition ho has been Director of Naval Ordnance, Superintendent of Portsmouth, and Controller oi" the Navy. His commands afloat have practically embraced everything, as he hae commanded on the North American station, on the West Indies Station,, at Portsmouth, fin the Channel, and in the Mediterranean. During Lord Fisher's connection with the Admiralty the British fleet has been transformed from the old woodfcn three-deck-era to the powerful constructions of iron and steel familiar to all in our ports. The retiring officer has taken a leading part in eftecting the change, his talent as an organiser being freely admitted even by those who opposed his plans. Sir John was raised to 'the highest rank of the Order of the Bath in 1902, and tlie Order of Merit was conferred on him in WOb He was created Lord Fisher of Kilverfitone a little over a year ago.