John Fleming (Scottish politician)

Sir John Fleming DL (1847 – 25 February 1925) was a Scottish Liberal politician and businessman.

Sir John Fleming

Fleming was born in Dundee, son of John Fleming and Ann McIntosh. He was educated in Dundee at Brown Street and the High School of Dundee. He set up business as timber merchant in Aberdeen.[1]

He was Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 1898 to 1902 and MP for Aberdeen South from 1917 to 1918. He was the first Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen, and the younger brother of Robert Fleming. He contested Aberdeen South again at the 1918 general election when aged over 70, but was heavily defeated by the Unionist Frederick Thomson.[2] He was also first Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen.[3]

He married in 1870 Elizabeth, daughter of John Dow, of Dundee, and had three sons and four daughters.[4]

He died of malaria in Pretoria, South Africa, contracted while in Rhodesia.[5]

References
  1. Who Was Who, 1916-1928. A and C Black. 1947. p. 361.
  2. The Times House of Commons 1919 (general Election, December 1919). London: The Times Publishing Company (Limited). 1919. p. 43.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  4. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1913. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 2250.
  5. "Death of Sir John Fleming". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 26 February 1925. p. 14.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Esslemont		 Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South
1917–1918		 Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Thomson
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