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Charles-Ross Fleming, MD of Dublin (disbarred Earl of Wigtown)
b. circa 1720, d. 1769
Birth
Charles-Ross Fleming, MD of Dublin (disbarred Earl of Wigtown), was born circa 1720.
Parents
Titles
Charles-Ross Fleming, MD of Dublin (disbarred Earl of Wigtown), held the title of Earl of Wigtown in 1748. He sat in the House of Lords but was ultimately debarred by the Lords' Committee for Priveleges until he should establish his claim. We are still waiting.1,2 He held the title of was disbarred from the dignities of the earldom until he could prove his entitlement in 1762.2,3
Death
Charles-Ross Fleming, MD of Dublin (disbarred Earl of Wigtown), died in 1769 at age ~49. Charles Ross Fleming, M.D., Dublin, claimed the title, and voted at some of the elections of Scottish Peers ; but the House of Lords, in 1762, decided that his claim was without proper foundation. After the death of this gentleman in 1769, his son renewed the claim, but with no better success ; and thus the title of the Earl of Wigton has for more than a century been dropped from the roll of the Scottish nobility.2
Citations
- [S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19
- [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming, p 563
- [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: accessed ), ., viewed; 12 September 2025; PE19/18, 1761-1762, Petition of Charles Ross Fleming claiming the title Earl of Wigtown
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