Age 52, Ceylon Civil Service, formerly a Captain in the 78th, 58th, and 95th Regiments. He came out as an Ensign in the 78th on board the Morley, in command of the Governor's Guard (Sir Robert Horton), in 1831. In 1835 he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Nuwara Eliya Hunt. He was Staff Officer, Kandy, 1841-1842, and at Colombo until 1847, when he left the Army. "When coffee planting became the rage, Capt. Fisher sold out of the Army (1847) and became a proprietary coffee planter, and was well known in connection with Wavendon estate at Ramboda, Dambagastalawa in Kotmale, and Raglan in Kurunegala. His residence of over 35 years was uninterrupted by any visit to England or by any serious illness. When coffee ceased to be profitable, Capt. Fisher became a Superintendent of Police. He lived on Wavendon estate.
He was killed by a fall from his horse at Ettampittia (or Ampitia, now Etampitiya), near Badulla: "He was thrown off his horse some five miles from Ampitia on his way home from Badulla and killed. His poor wife was waiting at Ampitia for him; she had to go to fetch his corpse home."
He married in 1839 or 1840 to Sophia Lambe, who was living with a brother in Colombo at the time, daughter of Alfred Lambe of New Bond Street, London.
Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913.
- Many thanks to Lisa Tweedie (51240945) for sharing the photos and birth data.
Age 52, Ceylon Civil Service, formerly a Captain in the 78th, 58th, and 95th Regiments. He came out as an Ensign in the 78th on board the Morley, in command of the Governor's Guard (Sir Robert Horton), in 1831. In 1835 he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Nuwara Eliya Hunt. He was Staff Officer, Kandy, 1841-1842, and at Colombo until 1847, when he left the Army. "When coffee planting became the rage, Capt. Fisher sold out of the Army (1847) and became a proprietary coffee planter, and was well known in connection with Wavendon estate at Ramboda, Dambagastalawa in Kotmale, and Raglan in Kurunegala. His residence of over 35 years was uninterrupted by any visit to England or by any serious illness. When coffee ceased to be profitable, Capt. Fisher became a Superintendent of Police. He lived on Wavendon estate.
He was killed by a fall from his horse at Ettampittia (or Ampitia, now Etampitiya), near Badulla: "He was thrown off his horse some five miles from Ampitia on his way home from Badulla and killed. His poor wife was waiting at Ampitia for him; she had to go to fetch his corpse home."
He married in 1839 or 1840 to Sophia Lambe, who was living with a brother in Colombo at the time, daughter of Alfred Lambe of New Bond Street, London.
Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913.
- Many thanks to Lisa Tweedie (51240945) for sharing the photos and birth data.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM FISHER, Ceylon Civil Service, late a Captain in the 78th, 58th, and 95th Regiments, who was killed on the spot by a fall from his horse at Ettampittia, near Badulla, May 5th, 1866, aged 52 years, and was buried in this Churchyard.
Family Members
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John Arbuthnot Fisher
1841–1920
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Alice Caroline Fisher Sargeaunt
1843–1915
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Robert Wilmot Fisher
1845–1845
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Lucy Ellen Fisher Creagh
1847–1894
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Arthur Bertram Fisher
1848–1883
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Francis Conrad "Frank" Fisher
1850–1901
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Frederic William Fisher
1851–1943
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Kate Fisher
1854 – unknown
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Philip Evan "Toby" Fisher
1858–1880
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Frederic William Fisher
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Catherine Emily Fisher
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