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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

Father

James Fleming, rector of Castlane, Kilderry

Titles

Charles-Ross Fleming, MD of Dublin (disbarred Earl of Wigtown), held the title of Earl of Wigtown in 1748.^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 ~49.²

Citations

[S60] Bernard Burke, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (London: Harrison, 1866), Fleming, Earl of Wigton, p 218-19; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_K3MaAAAAYAAJ/page/n7/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 27 February 2025.
[S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 563.
[S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 12 September 2025), PE19/18, 1761-1762, Petition of Charles Ross Fleming claiming the title Earl of Wigtown.

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5 May 2025