Nigel Fisher
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Sir Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher MC (14 July 1913 – 9 October 1996) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Fisher was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was in the Welsh Guards of the British Army during World War II, serving as a major in north west Europe. He was awarded the Military Cross on the field in 1945. He became a partner in a London firm of surveyors.
Fisher contested Chislehurst in 1945. He was Member of Parliament for Hitchin from 1950 to 1955, and for Surbiton from 1955 to 1983 - preceding Richard Tracey. He was parliamentary private secretary to Gwilym Lloyd George from 1951 and a junior minister for the Colonies from 1962 to 1963, and for Commonwealth Relations and the Colonies from 1963 to 1964.
Fisher was married to Lady Gloria Vaughan, daughter of the 7th Earl of Lisburne and to erstwhile Ulster Unionist Party MP Patricia Ford.
He is the father of the Labour Party MP Mark Fisher.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1950, 1966 & 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Philip Asterley Jones |
Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1950 – 1955 |
Succeeded by Martin Maddan |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Surbiton 1955 – 1983 |
Succeeded by Richard Tracey |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Hugh Fraser |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies with Richard Hornby 1963 – 1964 1962 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Eirene White Lord Taylor |
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