James Fleming or Flemming (1682 – 31 March 1751) was a British major-general, and colonel of the

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Life

Fleming was wounded at the

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when serving as a captain in the

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's regiment (

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, now 1st Bedford). Afterwards for many years, he commanded the

Royal Fusiliers The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in many wars ...

, until promoted on 9 January 1741, colonel of the 36th Foot (now 2nd Worcester). He became a brigadier-general in 1745, was present at both the

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and the

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, and became major-general in 1747.

Legacy

He died at

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, 31 March 1751. A monument with a medallion portrait and figures of Hercules and Minerva was erected to his memory in

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, where he is buried.

Notes

References

Attribution: *; Endnotes: **Cannon's Hist. Records 16th Foot and 36th Foot **Evans's Catalogue of Engraved Portraits (London, 1836–53), volume ii. **Scots Magazine xiii. 165. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, James 1682 births 1751 deaths British Army major generals British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers Burials at Westminster Abbey Royal Fusiliers officers 36th Regiment of Foot officers British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession