John Fleming (1743 – 28 February 1802) was a British

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politician who sat in the

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between 1774 and 1790. He was elected at the 1774 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. At the 1780 general election he was defeated by his fellow-Tory

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, who won the seat with 249 votes to Fleming's 237. Fleming was re-elected unopposed in

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, and held the seat until the 1790 general election which he did not contest.

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1743 births 1802 deaths British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1784–1790 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub