David Pinkerton Fleming

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David Pinkerton Fleming, Lord Fleming (11 February 1877 - 20 October 1944) was a Scottish politician and judge.

He was educated at Glasgow High School, the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow, and was called to the Scottish Bar in 1902. He was on active service during World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He took silk in 1921.

He served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1922-1923 and from 1924-1926, and was Unionist Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire from 1924 to 1926.

He was appointed to the Court of Session bench in 1926, with the judicial title Lord Fleming. He was appointed an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple in 1940.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by:
William Henry Porteous Martin		 Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire
1924–1926		 Succeeded by:
John Gibb Thom
Legal Offices
Preceded by:
William Watson		 Solicitor General for Scotland
1922–1923		 Succeeded by:
Frederick Charles Thomson
Preceded by:
John Charles Fenton		 Solicitor General for Scotland
1924–1926		 Succeeded by:
Alexander Munro MacRobert
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