Early Life and Family
Fletcher was born at Dunedin, New Zealand on Christmas Day 1914. He was James Senior's second son.
In 1942, the year Sir James became head of Fletcher Holdings, he married Vaughan Gunthorp, his office assistant. They had three children - Jim, Angus Fletcher and Hugh Fletcher. Their eldest son Jim was killed by an intruder at his Bay of Plenty bach (holiday home) on New Year's Eve 1993. Angus married Christine Fletcher, former Minister of the Crown and Mayor of Auckland, and Hugh now runs Fletcher Holdings.
Read more about this topic: James Muir Cameron Fletcher
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