John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming
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John Fleming, 2nd Lord Fleming (c. 1465 – 1 November 1524) was a Scottish nobleman.
He was the son of Malcolm Fleming, 1st Lord Fleming, and Euphame Livingstone, a daughter of James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston. In 1514, he was one of the lords charged with the care of the infant James V and his younger brother, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross. He served as Lord Chamberlain of Scotland from 1517[1] until his resignation on 1 August 1524.[2] In the spring of 1522 he and Lord Hay, the king's secretary, visited France on a diplomatic mission.[3]
Lord Fleming was assassinated on 1 November 1524 by John Tweedie of Drumelzier and his followers.[4]
Personal life
John Fleming was married three times:
His first wife was Eupheme Drummond (1470–1502), daughter of John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond. They had:
- Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming (1494–1547)
His second wife was Lady Margaret Stewart (b. 1495), daughter of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox. They had:
- Margaret Fleming (1509–1542), married Patrick Murray, of Falahill, Laird of Philiphaugh
His third wife was Agnes Somerville, of Cambusnethan (d. 1543), daughter of Sir John Somerville (1457–1513). They had:
- Margaret Fleming, married John Cunningham, of Glengarnock (d. 1601)
References
- ↑ KM Brown, Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (University of St Andrews, 2007-25), 1517/10/1.
- ↑ Robert Kerr Hannay, Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs: 1501-1554 (General Register House, Edinburgh, 1932), p. 204.
- ↑ Linda Porter, The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor (Head of Zeus, 2024), pp. 207–208, 275.
- ↑ Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (General Register House, 1878), vol 15, p. lxxii.
- The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant; first edition by George Edward Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms
- The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom; by Sir James Balfour Paul; pp 535-537
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