The Lord Downham | |
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President of the Local Government Board | |
In office 28 June 1917 – 4 November 1918 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Walter Long |
Succeeded by | Auckland Geddes |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 4 November 1918 – 10 January 1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | The Lord Beaverbrook |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Crawford |
Minister of Information | |
In office 4 November 1918 – 10 January 1919 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | The Lord Beaverbrook |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 March 1853 Downham, Isle of Ely. Cambridgeshire |
Died | 2 July 1920 Buckingham Palace Garden, London | (aged 67)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Florence Fisher (d. 1923) |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham, PC, KStJ (1853 – 2 July 1920) was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.