- 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 was son of Sir Thomas Fisher and the father of the former Labour Party MP Mark Fisher.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1950, 1966 & 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Philip Asterley JonesMember of Parliament for Hitchin
1950 – 1955Succeeded by
Martin MaddanNew constituency Member of Parliament for Surbiton
1955 – 1983Succeeded by
Richard TraceyPolitical offices Preceded by
Hugh FraserUnder-Secretary of State for the Colonies
with Richard Hornby 1963 – 1964
1962 – 1964Succeeded by
Eirene White
Lord TaylorCategories:- 1913 births
- 1996 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- Old Etonians
- Welsh Guards officers
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- UK MPs 1959–1964
- UK MPs 1964–1966
- UK MPs 1966–1970
- UK MPs 1970–1974
- UK MPs 1974
- UK MPs 1974–1979
- UK MPs 1979–1983
- Conservative MP (UK), 1910s birth stubs
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