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Christopher Fleming, 17th (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford
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 (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, was born in 1649.1
Parents
| Father | Randall Fleming, 16th (22nd?) Baron Slane (b. circa 1622, d. 22 October 1676) |
| Mother | Lady Penelope Moore (b. circa 1625) |
Family life
Christopher Fleming, 17th (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, 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 (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, in France with the overthrown King James VI in 1708. 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 (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, was occupied as a colonel in the forces of King James II.4,1
- In 1692 Christopher Fleming, 17th (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, was occupied as a colonel employed by the French army.4
- In 1704 Christopher Fleming, 17th (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, was occupied as a lieutenant general employed by the Portugese army.4
Property
Christopher Fleming, 17th (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, 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 (23rd?) Baron Slane and 1st Viscount Longford, died on 24 July 1726 at age ~77.4,6,3 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 (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p67.
- [S1] F Lawrence Fleming, Exploring the True Heritage of the Fleming family name, first edition (N.p.: F Lawrence Fleming, 2018), p 67.
- [S8] F Lawrence Fleming, A Genealogical History of the Barons Slane (N.p.: Paragon Publishing, 2008), p69.
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed), Christopher Fleming, 17th Baron Slane.
- [S2] Various contributors, "Wikipaedia," database, Commons, Wikipaedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/: accessed), Battle of Aughrim.
- [S10] Richard Bligh, The Slane Peerage Case: New Reports of Cases heard in the House of Lords and decided during the session 1836, vol x (London: Saunders and Benning, 1838), p 105; e-book, Google, GoogleBooks (https://archive.org/details/newreportscases06lordgoog/page/n14/mode/2up : accessed.
| Last Edited | 12 November 2025 |