John Fleming (Scottish politician)
Sir John Fleming DL (1847 – 25 February 1925) was a Scottish Liberal politician and businessman.
Fleming was born in 1847, son of John Fleming of Dundee, in which city he was educated 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 retired at the 1918 general election when aged over 70. He was also first Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen.[2]
He married in 1870 Elizabeth, daughter of John Dow, of Dundee, and had children.[3]
References
- ^ Who Was Who, 1916-1928. A and C Black. 1947. p. 361.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 1913. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 2250.
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