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Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane
b. 1649, d. 24 July 1726
Person Exhibits
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane was living at Fleming Hall in County Antrim at the time of his death in 1728
Birth
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, was born in 1649.1
Parents
| Father | Randall Fleming, 16th Baron Slane (b. circa 1622, d. 22 October 1676) |
| Mother | Lady Penelope Moore (b. circa 1625) |
Family life
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, and Anne Trante were married circa 1684.2
Child with Anne Trante (b. circa 1650)
| Daughter | Helen Fleming+ (b. circa 1675, d. 7 August 1748) |
Residence information
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, in France with the overthrown King James VI in 1708. They were probably living in the court of the exiled King James VI. It is possible that Baron Slane there met his distant cousin Lord John Fleming of Cumbernauld, 6th Earl of Wigton, who was also there from Scotland in support of the exiled king. (They had a common ancestor 500 years earlier.) After perceiving a slight at King James' court in France, Christopher Fleming removed his family to England. He with the support of his kinsman (Randal MacDonnell, 4th Earl of Antrim) at Fleming Hall in County Antrim in 1714.3
Working life
- From 1689 to 1691 Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, was occupied as a colonel in the forces of King James II. He commanded an infrantry regiment (about 900 men) that fought at the seiges of Derry and Eniskillen; the battle of the Boyne; the seige of Limerick; and the battle of Aughrim. He was taken prisoner at the latter, where more than 7000 were killed. The loss at Aughrim meant the effective end of Jacobitism in Ireland.4,1
- In 1692 Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, was occupied as a colonel employed by the French army.4
- In 1704 Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, was occupied as a lieutenant general employed by the Portugese army.4
Property
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, possessed inherited the barony of Slane from his late father in 1676.2 He possessed was attainted after the Jacobite forces lost the Williamite War in Ireland in 1691.5,1
Death
Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane, died on 24 July 1726 at age ~77. Lord Slane died at Fleming Hall in 1726. He was buried with the Earls of Antrim in the MacDonnell family vault in Bun-na-Margy friary at Ballycastle. He had no male issue, his only child being a daughter, Helen, who resided in Paris and died there unmarried on 7 August 1748.
He was succeeded in the title by his cousin, William Fleming, a grandson of the 14th Baron Slane. William died in 1747 and was succeeded by his son William. Both the 18th and 19th Barons Slane were known during their lifetimes as "commonly called Lord Slane", a recognition that there was no estate behind the title anymore. The 19th Baron died in 1771 at which time the title became dormant.
Slane Castle was purchased from the Williamite government in 1701 by Henry Conyngham and has remained in the ownership of his descendants. The present-day Slane Castle was built in 1785 and effectively encapsulates every vestige of the earlier Fleming-built castle.4,6,3 He was buried on 25 July 1726 at the MacDonnell family (Earls of Antrim) vault in Bun-na-Margy friary in Ballycastle.3
He was succeeded in the title by his cousin, William Fleming, a grandson of the 14th Baron Slane. William died in 1747 and was succeeded by his son William. Both the 18th and 19th Barons Slane were known during their lifetimes as "commonly called Lord Slane", a recognition that there was no estate behind the title anymore. The 19th Baron died in 1771 at which time the title became dormant.
Slane Castle was purchased from the Williamite government in 1701 by Henry Conyngham and has remained in the ownership of his descendants. The present-day Slane Castle was built in 1785 and effectively encapsulates every vestige of the earlier Fleming-built castle.4,6,3 He was buried on 25 July 1726 at the MacDonnell family (Earls of Antrim) vault in Bun-na-Margy friary in Ballycastle.3
Citations
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p67
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, p67
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane, p69
- [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane
- [S2] Various contributors, Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed ), ., Battle of Aughrim
- [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case, p 105
| Last Edited | 10 March 2019 |