Sir Thomas Fleming (c. 1572 – 19 February 1624) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1601 and 1622. Fleming was the son of Sir Thomas Fleming and his wife Mary James, the daughter of Dr Mark James. He was educated at

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in 1586 and at

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in 1590. From about 1583 he was a J.P. for Hampshire and became a burgess of Southampton in 1599. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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. When his father was made a judge in 1604, he replaced him as MP for

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and was knighted in 1605. He succeeded the estates of his father in 1613. In 1614 and 1621 he was re-elected MP for Southampton. History of Parliament Online - Thomas Fleming
/ref> Fleming died at the age of about 52 and was buried at Stoneham near his mother, father and wife. Fleming had married Dorothy, daughter of Sir

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of Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire in about 1605. They had three sons and four daughters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, Thomas 1570s births 1624 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English MPs 1621–1622 People from North Stoneham