Joseph R. Fisher

Joseph Robert Fisher B.L.
Born	1855 Raffrey, Co. Down, Ireland
Died	26 October 1939 Hampstead, London
Occupation	Newspaper editor, Barrister, writer
Nationality	British
Education	Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Belfast
Alma mater	Queen's University of Ireland (B.A. 1876)
Notable works	Finland and the Tsars; Law of the Press
Spouse	None

Joseph Fisher was a barrister, a newspaper editor, and an author. However, Fisher's most prominent role was his appointment as Unionist commissioner on the Irish Boundary Commission.

Fisher was born in Raffrey, County Down, Ireland, in 1855, the third son of clergyman Ringland Fisher, minister of the local Presbyterian church. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Belfast, and Queen's University, Galway, graduating with a B.A. in 1876. Fisher was foreign editor of the London Daily Chronicle until 1881 and assistant editor of the London Standard thereafter. He was called to the Bar at a relatively late age in 1888 and practiced until 1900, when he returned to Belfast. In early 1900, Fisher became editor of the Northern Whig, a liberal unionist daily paper, and remained in that position until the First World War.

Fisher's most controversial role came in 1924 when he was appointed to the Irish Boundary Commission. Article 12 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty stipulated that the commission was to have three members but the Ulster Unionist government of Northern Ireland refused to appoint the commissioner required of it, wishing to concede "not one inch" of the territory of the six parliamentary counties that had seceded. The Labour government in Great Britain and the Irish Free State government legislated to allow the British government to impose a representative on behalf of the Unionists. Fisher had a reputation of being a staunch but liberal unionist.Ramsay MacDonald announced Fisher's appointment on 18 October 1924.

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