Robert Howie Fisher

Robert Howie Fisher (1861–1934) was a Scottish minister in the 19th century who became Chaplain in Ordinary to King George V in Scotland from 1913.

Life

He was born on 27 April 1861 the son of Rev Matthew Fisher, minister of Cross and Burness parish on the isle of Sanday, Orkney. He was educated at George Watson's School in Edinburgh. He took a general degree at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1880, then a degree in Divinity graduating with a BD in 1884. He was licensed to preach as a minister of the Church of Scotland by the Presbytery of Edinburgh in May 1884.

The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1905. In 1913 he was made Chaplain in Ordinary to King George V.

Family On 26 October 1886, at St Giles' Cathedral, he married Margaret Ada Hutchison (born 10 November 1863, died 15 January 1899), daughter of Robert Hutchison of Carlowrie and sister of Thomas Hutchison, Lord Provost of Leith. They had a son, Matthew George Fisher (born 1888) who became an advocate, and daughters, Mary Tait Fisher (born 1891) and Charlotte Williamina Tait Fisher (born 1895).