Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher

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Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher was a prominent British naval reformer and First Sea Lord who modernized the Royal Navy in the early 20th century, championing new technologies such as dreadnought battleships and submarines.

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instanceOf Admiral of the Fleet
Royal Navy officer
human
naval reformer
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Order of Merit
Order of St Michael and St George
birthName John Arbuthnot Fisher
burialPlace Kilverstone, Norfolk
causeOfDeath illness
conflict Crimean War
Second Opium War
linked to: Opium Wars

World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1841-01-25
dateOfDeath 1920-07-10
education Royal Navy (midshipman training)
employer Royal Navy
endTime retired from active service 1919
familyName Fisher
givenName John
honorificPrefix Admiral of the Fleet
The Right Honourable
influenced Royal Navy modernization
influencedBy technological advances in naval warfare
memberOf House of Lords
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
middleName Arbuthnot
linked to: John Arbuthnot
militaryBranch Royal Navy
nobleTitle Baron Fisher
notableWork advocacy of battlecruisers
introduction of oil-fired boilers in warships
introduction of the Dreadnought battleship
naval reforms of the early 20th century
promotion of submarines in the Royal Navy
reorganization of the Royal Navy
scrapping of obsolete warships
support for naval aviation
numberOfChildren 4
placeOfBirth Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Colombo
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
Director of Naval Ordnance
First Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
rank Admiral
Admiral of the Fleet
Captain
Rear Admiral
Vice Admiral
religion Anglicanism
residence Kilverstone Hall, Norfolk
sexOrGender male
spouse Frances Katharine Josepha Broughton
startTime service in Royal Navy began 1854
title 1st Baron Fisher

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Lord Fisher alsoKnownAs Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher
Lord Fisher title 1st Baron Fisher
linked to: Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher
John Arbuthnot Fisher title 1st Baron Fisher
linked to: Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher