James Fleming (British Army officer)

James Fleming or Flemming (1682 – 31 March 1751) was a British major-general, and colonel of the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.

Life

Fleming was wounded at the Battle of Blenheim when serving as a captain in the Earl of Derby's regiment (16th Foot, now 1st Bedford). Afterwards for many years, he commanded the Royal Fusiliers, until promoted on 9 January 1741, colonel of the 36th Foot (now 2nd Worcester). He became a brigadier-general in 1745, was present at both the Battle of Falkirk and the Battle of Culloden, and became major-general in 1747.

Legacy

He died at Bath, 31 March 1751. A monument with a medallion portrait and figures of Hercules and Minerva was erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey, where he is buried.

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References

Attribution: ; Endnotes: Cannon's Hist. Records 16th Foot and 36th Foot Evans's Catalogue of Engraved Portraits (London, 1836–53), volume ii. Scots Magazine xiii. 165.

1682 births

1751 deaths

British Army major generals

British Army personnel of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment officers

Burials at Westminster Abbey

Royal Fusiliers officers

36th Regiment of Foot officers

British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession