John Fisher (bishop of Salisbury)
John Fisher (1748, Hampton – 8 May 1825, Seymour Street, London) was a Church of England bishop, serving as Bishop of Exeter, then Bishop of Salisbury.
Life
John Fisher was the eldest son of John Fisher, rector of
In 1780 he was appointed Preceptor to
He was consecrated Bishop of Exeter in 1803 and translated to Bishop of Salisbury in 1807, a position he held until his death in 1825. As Bishop of Salisbury he was also ex officio Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.
He is also notable for his friendship with the painter John Constable, presiding at Constable's wedding and commissioning his Salisbury Cathedral. Over time, Fisher became Constable's biggest patron and a close friend. Fisher himself was often called 'King's Fisher,' in reference to his connection to the Royal Family, and his patronage was a valuable asset to Constable.
Later, Fisher introduced the painter to Fisher's nephew, another
On Fisher's death, Constable commemorated him in a painting with a rainbow alighting on Fisher's house in the Cathedral Close, Leaden Hall, now part of
Family
John Fisher married Dorothea (Scrivener) Fisher, daughter of John Freston of Sibton Abbey, Yoxford, Suffolk, who had changed his name to Scrivener on an inheritance. Dorothea brought to the marriage a large income of £1700-a-year from the Scrivener estates in Suffolk. The couple had three children, Edward Fisher, who died unmarried, and two daughters, Dorothea, who married John Frederick Pike, who then assumed the additional name of Scrivener, and Elizabeth, who married John Mirehouse of Brownslade, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and Common Serjeant of London (1833–1850).[6][7]
References
- ^ "Fisher, John (FSR765J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Britton, John. Wells, Exeter, and Worcester. p. 82.
- ^ The History and Antiquities of The Cathedral Church of Salisbury, John Britton, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1814
- ^ John Constable, R.A., 1776–1837, Langham's History, langham.org.uk
- ^ Gunnis, Rupert (1954). Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851. Harvard University Press. p. 285.
- ^ "Mirehouse, John [Cambell] (MRHS806JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ John Constable and the Fishers, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London, 1952
Further reading
- Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, C. R. Leslie, Reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, 2006
- John Constable and the Fishers, Taylor & Francis, London, 1952
- John Constable's Correspondence with the Fishers, Boydell & Brewer Ltd., London
External links
- "Fisher, John". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9500. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Venables, Edmund (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19.