Dehra S Kerr-Fisher

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Dame Dehra S. Parker GBE, PC (NI)

(13 August 1882 – 30 November 1963) was the longest serving woman MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons.

Born in a military hospital in Dehra Dun, north of Delhi, India, in 1882, the only child of James and Annie Kerr-Fisher.

Her father, a native of Kilrea, County Londonderry, was a successful financier. She was educated in the United States, where her father held extensive property holdings, and in Germany.[

Married -

• firstly to Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester, MP (died 1921) with whom she had one son and one daughter. She was predeceased by her son, Robert James Spencer Chicjhester (1902-1920).
• secondly, Admiral Henry Wise Parker (CB, CMG) on 4 June 1928.

Dehra Ker Fisher

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• Born.1874,
• Died 28 November 1963

Dehra Ker Fisher was born in 1874, daughter of James Ker Fisher.

She married,

• firstly, Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester, son of Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester and Mary Dawson, on 11 December 1901.
• secondly, Admiral Henry Wise Parker, son of Robert James Parker, on 4 June 1928.1
• Invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1918.
• Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the City of and County Londonderry between 1921 and 1929.
• Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for County Londonderry
• Member of Parliament (M.P.) for South Londonderry [Northern Ireland] between 1933 and 1960.
• Parliamentary Secretary, Minister of Education [Northern Ireland] between 1937 and 1944.1
• Invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Northern Ireland] in 1949.
• Invested as a Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) in 1949.
• Minister of Health and Local Government [Northern Ireland] between 1949 and 1960.
• Invested as a Dame Grand Cross, Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) in 1957 .

Children of Dehra Ker Fisher and Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester

• Robert James Spencer Chichester b. 30 Sep 1902, d. 5 Jan 1920
• Marion Caroline Dehra Chichester1 b. 10 May 1904, d. 1976