right|thumb|jackie fisher, 1st baron fisher. baron fisher, of kilverstone in the county of norfolk, is a title in the peerage of the united kingdom. it was created in 1909 for the noted naval reformer admiral of the fleet sir jackie fisher. his son cecil fisher, the second baron, was the adoptive heir of josiah vavasseur (1834-1908), an arms manufacturer. vavasseur left part of his enormous estate to fisher on the condition that he adopted the vavasseur name. fisher assumed the additional surname of vavasseur in 1909 by royal license.  the title is held by the latter's grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded in 2012. ==barons fisher (1909)== *john arbuthnot "jackie" fisher, 1st baron fisher (1841â1920) *cecil vavasseur fisher, 2nd baron fisher (1868â1955) *john vavasseur fisher, 3rd baron fisher(1921â2012) *patrick vavasseur fisher, 4th baron fisher (b. 1953) the heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son, the hon. john carnegie vavasseur fisher, (b. 1979). ==references== *kidd, charles, williamson, david (editors). debrett's peerage and baronetage (1990 edition). new york: st martin's press, 1990. * ===footnotes=== 
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