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Hayes Fisher

Born: 18 March 1853, Downham, Isle of Ely

Died: 2 July 1920

1st Baron Downham - 16 November 1918

Member of Privy Council - 5 July 1911

husband of Florence Fisher

son of Mary Hayes

son of Rev Frederick Fisher

Haileybury School

University College, Oxford

Inner Temple (- 1879)

Barrister

Junior Lord of the Treasury	1896	1902
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	11 August 1902	April 1903
Parliamentary Secretary, Local Government Board	May 1915	June 1917
President of the Board of Local Government	2 July 1917	4 November 1918
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	4 November 1918	10 January 1919

25 November 1885	Fulham	Conservative Party	2,642	50.50
6 July 1886	Fulham	Conservative Party	2,557	53.23
7 July 1892	Fulham	Conservative Party	4,365	51.24
16 July 1895	Fulham	Conservative Party	5,378	56.68
3 October 1900	Fulham	Conservative Party	6,541	60.63
16 January 1906	Fulham	Conservative Party	7,407	47.96
15 January 1910	Fulham	Conservative Party	9,690	55.53
6 December 1910	Fulham	Conservative Party	8,252	55.84
June 1917 Resignation of Rt Hon Hayes Fisher on appointment as President of the Local Government Board.
2 July 1917	Fulham	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed
16 November 1918 Elevation of Rt Hon Hayes Fisher to the Peerage - Baron Downham.