John Fleming (Southampton MP)

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

  1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  2. ^ 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. 
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Viscount Palmerston
Hans Stanley		 Member of Parliament for Southampton
1774 – 1780
With: Hans Stanley to Jan 1780
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller from Jan 1780		 Succeeded by
Hans Sloane
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller
Preceded by
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller
Hans Sloane		 Member of Parliament for Southampton
1784 – 1790
With: James Amyatt		 Succeeded by
Henry Martin
James Amyatt