The New Student's Reference Work/Fisher, Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot

Fisher, Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot, was born in 1841, entered the British navy in 1854, and took part in the capture of Canton and the Peiho forts in 1860. He served in the Crimean, Chinese and Egyptian Wars, commanding The Inflexible at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. He has successively occupied the following posts: Director of Naval-Ordnance (1886-91); Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard (1891); Lord of the Admiralty (1892-7); Commander-in-Chief on the North American and West Indies station (1897-9); delegate to the Hague peace-conference (1899); Commander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station (1899-1902); second Sea-Lord of the Admiralty (1902-3); and Commander-in-Chief (1903-4) He now is first Lord of the Admiralty.