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Alexander Fleming
b. circa 1610, d. before 13 April 1661
Birth
Alexander Fleming was born circa 1610.
Parents
| Father | John ("the Covenanter") Fleming, 2nd Earl of Wigtown, 7th Lord Fleming (b. before 5 December 1589, d. 7 May 1650) |
| Mother | Margaret Livingstone, Countess of Wigtown (d. after 1634) |
Child
| Son | Reverend James Fleming, purported son of Alexander Fleming brother to John Fleming Earl of Wigtown (b. circa 1634, d. 1684) |
Working life
- In March 1637 Alexander Fleming was occupied as student at University of Glasgow in Glasgow.1
Property
Alexander Fleming possessed. He possessed had with his brother William a dispensation from their father and brother of the annualrents effeiring to the principal sums of 10,000 merks payable from the lands on 5 April 1636 in Harbertshire and Denny and Catscleuch.2,3
Death
Alexander Fleming died before 13 April 1661. The extract bond of corroboration refers to him as "deceased Alexander".3
Citations
- [S124] Cosmo Innes, Records of the University of Glasgow, vol iii, p 91
- [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., GD45/16/3068, 13 Apr 1661, Extract bond of corroboration by John, Earl of Wigtoun, and John, Lord Fleming, to Sir William Fleming
| Last Edited | 10 September 2025 |