John Fleming (Southampton MP)

John Fleming (1743 – 28 February 1802)[1] was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790.[2]

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. Fleming was re-elected unopposed in 1784, and held the seat until the 1790 general election which he did not contest.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "FLEMING, John (1743-1802), of Stoneham, Hants. ". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Southampton
17741780
With: Hans Stanley to Jan 1780
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller from Jan 1780
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Southampton
17841790
With: James Amyatt
Succeeded by