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.

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• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1950, 1966 & 1979
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Philip Asterley Jones	Member of Parliament for Hitchin 1950–1955	Succeeded by Martin Maddan
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Surbiton 1955–1983	Succeeded by Richard Tracey