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Tory politician in England
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Male
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Birth:
1743
Death:
28 February 1802
Education:
Eton College
The details
Biography
John Fleming (1743 – 28 February 1802) was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1790.
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.Fleming was re-elected unopposed in 1784, and held the seat until the 1790 general election which he did not contest.