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Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming

b. circa 1608, d. February 1665

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1518 John 2nd Lord

Birth

Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was born circa 1608.

Parents

FatherJohn ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming (b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650)
MotherMargaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown (d. after 1634)

Family life

Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, and Jane Drummond, eldest daughter of John 2nd Earl of Perth, entered into a marriage contract on 10 March 1633.1

Children with Jane Drummond, eldest daughter of John 2nd Earl of Perth (b. 1616, d. 12 January 1663)

SonJohn ("the Prosaic") Fleming, 4th Earl of Wigtown, 9th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1633, d. between April 1668 and 5 August 1668)
SonSir Robert Fleming, Standard bearer to his Majesty (b. circa 1634, d. 1664)
SonJames Fleming (b. circa 1635, d. before 1668)
DaughterMargaret Fleming (b. circa 1636)
SonHarry Fleming (b. 1638, d. before 1668)
SonCaptain William ("the Builder") Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown, 10th Lord Fleming+ (b. circa 1642, d. 8 April 1681)
DaughterJean Fleming (b. circa 1643)
SonCaptain Charles Fleming+ (b. circa 1645, d. March 1684)
DaughterLilias Fleming (b. 10 October 1647)

Titles

Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, held the title of inherited the title Lord Fleming, master of Wigtown, on the elevation of his father to Earl on the death of his grandfather (1st Earl) after 28 April 1619. He held the title of settled the earldom of Wigtown on his son and his wife Ann Ker before 10 May 1662 in Wigtown.2

Working life

  • In March 1625 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as student at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.3
  • On 1 February 1634 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as principal janitor and keeper of the king's house and chamber.4
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  • On 13 July 1641 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as Procuratory for presenting Keir's supplication to Parliament.6,7
  • On 26 August 1643 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as as Lord Fleming, was appointed by the Convention of Estates to the committee of war for the sheriffdom of Lanark in Edinburgh.8
  • On 24 July 1644 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to the committee for war representing Lanarkshire in Lanarkshire, Scotland.9,10
  • He served in the military as was present at the Battle of Philiphaugh during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms on 13 September 1645 at near Selkirk in Philiphaugh.11,2,12,13
  • On 21 November 1646 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed to the committee for war for Dunbartonshire in Edinburgh.14
  • On 3 June 1651 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by the King and Parliament one of the noblemen on the Committee of Estates, by whose advice the King was to govern until the next session of Parliament in Stirling.15
  • In 1661 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as a commissioner for "Tread, Navigation, and Manufectories ' (Act Parl, VII, 9.)2,16
  • On 13 February 1661 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as was appointed by Charles II as a Lord of the Secret Council in Whitehall.17
  • On 24 June 1661 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as recompensed 20,000 merks by the King and Parliament for resigning the office of Usher which had been a subject of long contention between him and the family of Cockburn of Langtown.11,18
  • On 1 October 1661 Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, was occupied as took his oaths of allegiance and on admittance as a Privy Councillor in Edinburgh.19

Property2021

Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, possessed had a disposition from William Fleming, Provost of Biggar, of the teinds and rents of the provostry on 18 March 1619 in Biggar.2223,2425 He possessed as Lord Fleming, Master of Wigtown, apprised Rachan, Glenhighden and Glenquotho from John, Earl of Lauderdale, Malcolm Fleming in Cardrona and others for £25,032 on 9 December 1633 in Rachan.2627,28293031,32 He possessed had a Crown charter of the lordship of Cumbernauld on 1 February 1634 in Cumbernauld and pertinents.11,33 He possessed had a royal charter of conjunct infestment of a long list of lands including Boghall, Biggar, Denny and much more on 1 February 1634 in Boghall, Biggar and more.433343536 He possessed granted to Robert Lord Boyd the teinds of the five pound lands of Badinhethe in the parish of Lenzie on 19 July 1634 in teinds of the five pound lands of Badinhethe in the parish of Lenzie.37,38 He possessed charter to him and his son John of the lands of Catscleuch on 24 December 1634 in Catscleuch.11,3940,3911,41,4243444546,474849 He possessed Precept of clare constat infefting John, now Earl of Wigtoun, in the lands of Smailhope in the sheriffdom of Peblis on 10 June 1650 in Smailhope in Peebleshire.50 He possessed was ordered by the Committee of Estates to garrison and victual Cumbernauld Castle in September 1650 at Cumbernauld Castle in Cumbernauld and pertinents.51,52,53 He possessed was served as heir to his father on 20 August 1652.11,12 He possessed James Geddes of Rachan renounced the tack of Edmonstoun mill and teinds of Glenquotho and Glenhighden set by John, Lord Fleming, to George Geddes on 1 September 1652 in Edmonston.54 He possessed was named as a beneficiary in a case brought by William Levingstounne on 24 June 1653 in Edinburgh.55 He possessed with his son John, Lord Fleming, granted a wadset of the room of Fauniefide to James Shaw in Glentoir in 1655 in Fauniefide.24 He possessed was again served as heir to his father on 5 March 1658.11,56 He possessed entered into a bond with Archibald Fleming of Catgill, to borrow a large sum of money on 29 May 1658.57 He possessed was admitted a burgess and guild brother of Edinburgh on 8 October 1660 in Edinburgh.11,58 He possessed corroborated a heritable bond on the lands of Herbertshire and barony of Denny and Calscleuch in favour of William Fleming on 13 April 1661 in Herbertshire and barony of Denny and Calscleuch.41 He possessed Resigned the Baronies of Biggar and Harbethhyre to the crown for regrant to his heir John Lord Fleming and his spouse Anna Ker on 15 July 1661 in Baronies of Biggar and Harbethhyre and Cumbernauld.59,6011,12,61,62,63 He possessed divided his property among his children to be paid for by John Lord Fleming, his son on 1 July 1664.64

Death

Colonel John ("the Soldier") Fleming, 3rd Earl of Wigtown, 8th Lord Fleming, signed a will on 24 July 1661 in Stirling.11 He died in February 1665 at age ~57.11,2

Citations

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  2. [S83] George Vere Irving, The upper ward of Lanarkshire described and delineated (Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1864), vol i, p 32; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/upperwardoflanar02irvi/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed 28 March 2025.
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