The New International Encyclopædia/Fish, Nicholas (diplomatist)

FISH, Nicholas (1846-1902). An American diplomatist, grandson of Col. Nicholas Fish, and son of the Secretary of State, Hamilton Fish (q.v.). Born in New York, and educated at Columbia and at Harvard Law School, he practiced law in New York City and then went into the diplomatic service. Appointed second secretary of legation at Berlin (1871), he became secretary (1874), and acted in the continued absence of his chief as chargé d'affaires; held the latter position in Switzerland (1877-81), and then served as Minister to Belgium (1882-86). He returned to New York in 1887, and became a member of the banking firm of Harriman & Co. He was president of the New York branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was fatally assaulted in New York City, September 16, 1902.