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Jean Fleming, Countess of Panmure
(c1661 - 1683)
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Lady Jean Fleming was the only child of John, 4th Earl of Wigtown. Orphaned young, she was a wealthy heiress who married the 3rd Earl of Panmure, but she died at about twenty-two.

An orphaned heiress

Jean was born around 1661, the only child of John Fleming, 4th Earl of Wigtown, and Ann Ker, a granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Roxburghe. Her father died in 1668, when she was about seven, and as a girl she could not inherit the earldom, which passed to her uncle William, 5th Earl. In 1669 William became her tutor at law, and in 1670 he committed her to the care of her mother for her education and upbringing.

Claims on the family

Jean’s mother died in 1673, and in 1677 Jean brought an action for aliment, or maintenance, against her uncle the Earl of Wigtown. In 1678 she was granted lands in Brechin, and her aunt Sophia Ker lent her a pearl necklace. As heir of line of her grand-uncle Sir William Fleming, she discharged Sir William Purves of the delivery of family writs in 1679.

Countess of Panmure

Jean married George Maule, 3rd Earl of Panmure. Their son George was born after 1677 but died young. Jean died in April 1683, aged about twenty-two, and in 1684 her heirs were served in the Easter and Wester Mains of Kirkintilloch. Her husband died in 1686.