to the point of absurdity." Fisher married, in 1810, Elizabeth, sister of Sir James Rivett-Carnac, governor of Bombay, by whom he had two children, a daughter and a son. By the son he was a grandfather of George Carnac Fisher, Bishop of Southampton and then Ipswich. Further reading References 1780 births 1852 deaths 19th-century English novelists Royal Navy personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Royal Navy personnel of the Napoleonic Wars People from Great Yarmouth Royal Navy rear admirals 19th-century Royal Navy personnel English male novelists 19th-century English male writers Military personnel from Norfolk