Robert Howie Fisher

Robert Howie Fisher (1861–1934) was a Scottish minister in the 19th century who became Chaplain in Ordinary to King George V in Scotland from 1913.

He was born on 27 April 1861 the son of Rev Matthew Fisher, minister of Cross and Burness parish on the isle of Sanday, Orkney.

[1] His first post was as assistant in St Bernard's Church in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.

In 1913 he was made Chaplain in Ordinary to King George V.[1] In May 1914 he moved to St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh as first minister.

[1] In 1906 he married Edith Mary Strathearn, daughter of Robert Strathern, widow of William Percival Lindsay.

Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh
St Cuthbert's Church in Edinburgh