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William Fisher sold his commission the year John was born, and became a coffee planter and later chief superintendent of police. He incurred such debt on his two coffee plantations that he could barely support his growing family.[19] At the age of six John (who was always known within the family as "Jack"[17]) was sent to England to live with his maternal grandfather, Charles Lambe, in New Bond Street, London. His grandfather had also lost money and the family survived by renting out rooms in their home.[20] John's younger brother, Frederic William Fisher, joined the Royal Navy and reached the rank of admiral,[21] and his youngest surviving sibling Philip became a navy lieutenant on HMS Atalanta before drowning in an 1880 storm.[22]

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In spring 1882 Inflexible was part of the Mediterranean Fleet and was assigned to protection of Queen Victoria during a visit to Menton on the Riviera. This was intended as a reminder of British naval prowess to the French, but allowed Fisher to meet Victoria and her grandson, Prince Henry of Prussia, who later became admiral of the German navy. Victoria was impressed by Fisher, as she had been by his brother Philip who had served on royal yachts and for whom she had arranged the ill-fated posting to Atalanta.[60] 041b061a72