James Ellis Fleming ( fl. 1824–1832) was an Irish claimant to the title of 20th

Baron Slane Baron Slane was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1370 for the Fleming family but forfeited in 1691. Origins The Flemings of Slane descend from Erchenbald, otherwise referred to as "Archembald le Fleming", of Bratton Flemin ...

Ancestry and claim

Fleming was a resident of

Tuam Tuam ( ; ga, Tuaim , meaning 'mound' or 'burial-place') is a town in Ireland and the second-largest settlement in County Galway. It is west of the midlands of Ireland, about north of Galway city. Humans have lived in the area since the Bron ...

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, and claimed to be a direct descendant of

Simon Fleming, 1st Baron Slane Simon Fleming (died 1370) is the first Baron Slane whose holding of the title can be conclusively established. Fleming was a descendant of Archembald le Fleming of Bratton Fleming, Devon, who was alive in 1087. Archembald's grandson, Archembald ...

(died 1370) was the first Baron Slane. Ellis Fleming claimed the title in succession to Christopher, 19th Baron Slane, who died in 1771, been a descendant of Christopher, 12th Baron Slane (died 1625), via his third son, John. Christopher had issue ''"Six sons, four of whom died without issue ... Thomas, his eldest son, embraced the profession of a friar, and renounced all his right in favour of his brother William."'' Thomas is listed as the 13th Baron but renounced it in favour of his brother in 1629. Thus, William Fleming became the 14th Baron Slane, dying in 1641. However, the 14th Baron's last direct male heir, Christopher, died in 1771, which opened the possibility that the descendants of John Fleming could accede to the title. James Ellis Fleming activated his claim to the title in 1824. By that time, descendants of the last baron's female relatives had also issue claims. They were all listed in

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January–June 1832. However none of the claims succeeded as the title is, as of 2010, still dormant. Ellis Fleming's ultimate fate is currently unknown.

References

* * ''The Surnames of Ireland'',

Edward MacLysaght Edgeworth Lysaght, later Edward Anthony Edgeworth Lysaght, and from 1920 Edward MacLysaght ( ga, Éamonn Mac Giolla Iasachta; 6 November 1887 – 4 March 1986) was a genealogist of twentieth century Ireland. His numerous books on Irish surnames b ...

, 1978 {{DEFAULTSORT:Flemming, James Ellis People from Tuam People from County Galway 19th-century Irish people