David Fleming, Lord Fleming

For other people named David Fleming, see David Fleming (disambiguation).

David Pinkerton Fleming, Lord Fleming MC (11 February 1877 – 20 October 1944)^[1] 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 with the Cameronians (he had originally been commissioned into the volunteer battalion of the Highland Light Infantry) 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.^[2]

He was appointed to the Court of Session bench on 19 December 1925,^[3] with the judicial title Lord Fleming. He was appointed an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple in 1940.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 622. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Oliver & Boyd's Edinburgh Almanack, 1927, page 408

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Fleming

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William 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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Name	Fleming, David
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Date of birth	11 February 1877
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Date of death	20 October 1944
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