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Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1841-1920 (1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone and Admiral of the Fleet)

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John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), 1st Baron Fisher; Admiral of the Fleet

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, 6 Feb. 1916-10 Sep. 1919 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/187-189
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters to Owen Seaman, many accepting or declining invitations to a dinner of the Royal Literary Fund in 1912.

Dates: 6 Feb. 1916-10 Sep. 1919 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1905 - 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/13
Scope and Contents

24 letters and 1 telegram to Hurd

Dates: 1905 - 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1908 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/14
Scope and Contents

30 letters and 1 newscutting

Dates: 1908 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1911 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/15
Scope and Contents

19 letters

Dates: 1911 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1916 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/16
Scope and Contents

42 letters and 2 newscuttings

Dates: 1916 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, n.d

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/17
Scope and Contents

26 letters

Dates: n.d
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1920 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/18
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Letters to Hurd about Admiral Fisher from Lord Cecil Fisher and Professor Arthur Marder

1920-29, 28 Feb 1956 and n.d

Dates: 1920 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot 1st Baron, of Kilverstone, 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD 1/19
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Photograph of Fisher as a Midshipman n.d Postcard of Fisher with H. Sawson and Ivor Herbert n.d Articles by Fisher n.d Hurd's Daily Telegraph leader on death of Fisher 1920

Dates: 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1916-01 - 1916-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/9
Scope and Contents Subjects include: Churchill’s frustration with the direction of the war; the importance of Clementine keeping up relations with David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions]; Churchill’s new battalion, the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, with ‘Archie’ [Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] as his second in command; Churchill’s disillusionment with Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]; slow progress on ‘the caterpillars’ [tanks] recommended by Churchill in his...
Dates: 1916-01 - 1916-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 1
 
Subject
Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916) 1
First World War (1914-1918) 1
Military aviation 1
Tanks 1
Western Front (1914-1918) 1