John Willis Fleming (28 November 1781 – 4 September 1844) was an

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landed proprietor and

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. He was born at

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in Buckinghamshire, the son of Rev. Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was educated at

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. He was the great grandson of the antiquary

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, and of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore and Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore. In 1813 he changed his name by Private Act of Parliament from John Fleming Barton Willis to John Fleming, and he was also known thereafter as John Willis Fleming. In 1813 he married Christopheria Buchanan, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. He was

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in 1817. He was elected

for

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in 1820, and again in 1826 and 1830; and jointly with

Henry Combe Compton Henry Combe Compton (1789 – 27 November 1866) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 1835 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for South Hampshire, and held the seat until he stood down from the House o ...

for

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in 1835, 1837, and 1841. John Willis Fleming died at

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on 18 July 1844, and was buried at

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, near his seat Stoneham Park. The memorial tablet in St. Nicolas was carved by Richard Cockle Lucas of Chilworth.

References

The Willis Fleming Historical Trust
papers and biographical file * Brown, David, ''Palmerston, South Hampshire and Electoral Politics, 1832-1835''. Hampshire Papers 26 (Winchester, 2003)

External links

The Willis Fleming Historical Trust

External links

* 1781 births 1844 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies High Sheriffs of Hampshire UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 People educated at Eton College Tory MPs (pre-1834) People from North Stoneham {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1780s-stub