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Admiral Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (18 June 1774 – 30 October 1840) was a British officer of the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He commanded a succession of smaller vessels during the early years of the wars, achieving some successes against French cruisers, merchants and privateers , before ...
ELPHINSTONE FLEEMING, Hon. Charles (1774-1840), of Cumbernauld and Biggar, Stirling. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 , ed. R. Thorne, 1986 Available from Boydell and Brewer
Fleeming was Commander-in-Chief, West Indies from 1828 to 1829, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1834 to 1837 and briefly Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from April to November 1839. He succeeded Sir Thomas Hardy as Governor of Greenwich Hospital in September 1839, a position he held for the remainder of his life.
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Feb 21, 2024 · CHARLES ELPHINSTONE FLEEMING, Vice-Admiral of the Blue; and a Member of the Royal Caledonian Hunt. This officer, the second son of John, eleventh Baron Elphinstone, by Anne, daughter of James, third Lord Ruthven, was promoted to the rank of Commander in the Tisiphone sloop, on the Mediterranean station, in the spring of 1794; and, on the 7th ...
Aug 25, 2021 · Is this your ancestor? Explore genealogy for Charles (Elphinstone) Elphinstone-Fleeming RN MP born 1774 Scotland died 1840 including ancestors + children + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- June 1, 1774
- Catalina Paulina Alesandro (Jiminez) Katon
- October 30, 1840
Sep 25, 2022 · Death: October 30, 1840 (66) Leamington, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom) Place of Burial: Leamington Spa, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England. Immediate Family: Son of John Elphinstone, 11th Lord Elphinstone; Lord John Elphinstone; Anne Ruthven and Anne Ruthven.
Admiral The Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming. Memorial in the nave. Naval officer, politician. He had assumed the additional surname name of Fleeming on the death of his grandmother, the only surviving child of John, 6th Earl of Wigtoun, and his succeeding to the family's estates.
