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Mary Fleming

b. circa 1674, d. March 1702

Person Exhibits

Mary Fleming, wife of Harry Maule of Kelly

Birth

Mary Fleming was born circa 1674.

Parents

FatherCaptain William ("the Builder") Fleming, 5th Earl of Wigtown, 10th Lord Fleming (b. circa 1642, d. 8 April 1681)
MotherHenrietta Seton, eldest daughter of Charles, second Earl of Dunfermline (b. June 1652, d. between 30 November 1699 and 18 April 1700)

Family life

Hon Harry Maule, of Kelly, and Mary Fleming were married on 30 March 1695. Earl of Panmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1646 for Sir Patrick Maule, a former Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James VI and loyal follower of Charles I. He was made Lord Brechin and Navar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Both titles were forfeit by the attainder of the 4th Earl in 1716 on account of his participation in the Jacobite rising of 1715.[1] The heirs apparent to the Earldom were styled Lord Maule. The seat of the Earldom was Panmure House, built in the 17th century near Monikie, Angus.
The Scottish titles of Earl of Panmure and Baron of Maule remain under attainder. In 1743 the title was created again when William Maule, a grandson of the second Earl and heir and nephew of the attainted fourth Earl, was created Baron Maule, of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford, Viscount Maule, of Whitechurch in the County of Waterford, and Earl Panmure, of Forth in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland. William Maule had no heirs and consequently those titles became extinct upon his death in 1782.[2][3] The 1743 creation differed from the first creation in that it had no territorial particle.
The greater portion of the Panmure estates passed to William another great-nephew of the second Earl and the second son of the Earl of Dalhousie. His surname was changed from Ramsay to Maule in childhood and he became heir to the estates at 16 through his grandmother, Jean, daughter of the Honourable Harry Maule of Kellie. On 10 September 1831 he was created Baron Panmure of Brechin and Navar in the peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, Fox Maule, 2nd Baron Panmure, also inherited the title Earl of Dalhousie (as the eleventh earl).[1][4][5]1,2

Children with Hon Harry Maule, of Kelly, (b. circa 1659, d. 1734)

DaughterHenrietta Maule (b. circa 1696)
SonJames Maule (b. circa 1698, d. 1729)
SonGeneral William Maule, 1st Earl of Panmure (b. 1700, d. 1782)
SonJohn Maule (b. circa 1701)

Property

Mary Fleming possessed had a provision from hert brother John Earl of Wigtown on 8 April 1695.33

Death

Mary Fleming died in March 1702 at age ~28.

Citations

  1. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558
  2. [S104] John Stuart, Registrum de Panmure, vol i, p lxxvi
  3. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 15 September 2025; GD45/17/750, 28 Apr 1697, Assignation by Mr. Harry Maule of Kellie to Henrietta Maule
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Last Edited15 September 2025