Sir John Fleming (1847 – 25 February 1925) was a Scottish

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

politician and businessman.

Life

Fleming was born in

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

, son of John Fleming and Ann McIntosh. His father was a grocer, living and trading at 53 West Port in Dundee. He was educated in Dundee at Brown Street School and at the

High School of Dundee The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils. Its foundation has been dated to 1239, and it is the only priv ...

. He set up business as timber merchant at

Footdee Footdee (Scots: Fittie) is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland known locally by its Scots language name of Fittie. It is an old fishing village at the east end of Aberdeen Harbour. The name is actually folk etymology. Far from being "Foot of the De ...

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

. He was

Lord Provost of Aberdeen The Lord Provost of Aberdeen is the convener of the Aberdeen City local authority in Scotland. They are elected by the city council and serve not only as the chair of that body, but as a figurehead for the entire city. They are equivalent in m ...

from 1898 to 1902 and MP for Aberdeen South from

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

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. He was also first Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen. He married in 1870 Elizabeth, daughter of John Dow, of Dundee, and had three sons and four daughters. He died of malaria in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

, South Africa, contracted while in

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

Artistic recognition

He was portrayed by

Robert Brough Robert John Cameron Brough ARSA (1872 – 21 January 1905) was a Scottish painter born near Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty. Life He was born on 20 March 1872. at Garty Cottage, Kilmuir Easter, near Invergordon. His mother was Helen Brough, ...

in 1897.

References

External links

* 1847 births 1925 deaths People educated at the High School of Dundee Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen Knights Bachelor Scottish Liberal Party MPs Lord Provosts of Aberdeen Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies UK MPs 1910–1918 Deaths from malaria Date of birth missing Businesspeople from Dundee Politicians from Dundee People from Footdee {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub