[3] He married Lancashire-born Winifred Davies, a former Royal Prince Alfred Hospital trained nurse in 1896.
Fletcher returned to Australia in 1912 and was appointed the first master of King's College at the University of Queensland.
In 1916 he was appointed foundation master of Wesley College at the University of Sydney.
He died in South Brisbane in November 1947 and left a widow, a daughter and a son.
[7] His son was the American non-commercial educational television pioneer Cyril Scott Fletcher.