John Fleming (Southampton MP)
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John Fleming (1743 – 28 February 1802)[1] was a Tory[2] politician in England.
He was elected at the 1774 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton. At the 1780 general election he was defeated by his fellow-Tory Hans Sloane, who won the seat with 249 votes to Fleming's 237.[2] Fleming was re-elected unopposed in 1784, and held the seat until the 1790 general election,[1] which he did not contest.[2]
References
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ a b c Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 134–5. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.