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Clementina ("the Heiress") Fleming was born in 1719. She was almost certainly named for Queen Clementina (Maria Clementina Sobieska), titular queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the British throne. They were married by proxy in 1719 and were formally married on 3 September 1719 in the chapel of the episcopal palace of Montefiascone, Italy, in the Cathedral of Santa Margherita.[4] Following their marriage, James and Maria Clementina were invited to reside in Rome at the special request of Pope Clement XI, who acknowledged them as the king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Clearly Clementina Fleming's parents were signifying their Jacobite loyalty in giving her this name.^1,2

Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone, and Clementina ("the Heiress") Fleming were married on 14 October 1735.^1,3,4

Clementina ("the Heiress") Fleming died on 1 January 1799 at age ~80 at Cavendish Square in Marylebone. His mother, the venerable Clementina, outlived him upwards of four years, and died at Cavendish Square, London, on the 1st of January 1799, in the 80th year of her age, and, as formerly stated, was interred in Biggar Kirk ; the last of the Flemings being thus appropriately laid in the tomb of her forefathers.
With the death of Lady Clementina, the connexion of the direct fine of the Flemings with Biggar terminate^1,3,7,5 She was buried on 5 January 1799 at Biggar Church in Biggar.⁵