Sir Stanley Fisher | |
Office: | 24th Chief Justice of Ceylon |
Appointer: | Hugh Clifford |
Term Start: | 11 December 1926 |
Term End: | 1930 |
Predecessor: | Charles Ernest St. John Branch |
Successor: | Philip James Macdonell |
Office2: | Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago |
Term Start2: | 1924 |
Term End2: | 1926 |
Predecessor2: | Alfred Lucie-Smith |
Successor2: | Philip James Macdonell |
Office3: | Chief Justice of Cyprus |
Term Start3: | 1920 |
Term End3: | 1924 |
Predecessor3: | Charles Robert Tyser |
Successor3: | Sidney Charles Nettleton |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1867 |
Birth Place: | Marylebone, London, England |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England |
Sir Stanley Fisher (12 February 1867 – 28 May 1949) was a British colonial judge who was the 24th Chief Justice of Ceylon.[2]
Fisher was born in Marylebone into the Knapp-Fisher family, a London legal dynasty.[3] He was the son of George Henry Knapp-Fisher and Elizabeth Goodchild. His brother was Sir Edward Knapp-Fisher.[2]
He served as Chief Justice of Cyprus from 1920 to 1924 and Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago from 1924 to 1926.
He was appointed Chief Justice of Ceylon on 11 December 1926 succeeding Charles Ernest St. John Branch and was Chief Justice until 1930. He was succeeded by Philip James Macdonell.[4]
He was knighted in the 1922 New Year Honours.
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