James Fleming (lawyer)
Sir James Fleming JP (3 August 1831 – 24 May 1914) was a Scottish lawyer.
Fleming was born in Rutherglen, Scotland, on 3 August 1831, and educated there in the parish school.
He was chairman of the Glasgow School of Art for 28 years.[1][2] There was a memorial plaque with his image there, created by Charles Rennie Mackintosh,[3] but it was destroyed in the 2018 fire.[4]
He was knighted in 1906. He was president of the Glasgow Liberal Club.[2]
He was married to Mary Smellie, who died 5 April 1891, aged 49 years.[2] Their son, Captain James Hamilton Fleming, was killed in Action on 13 October 1915 at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.[2] Another son, John Arnold Fleming, (1871–1966) was an industrial chemist.
Fleming died on 24 May 1914 and was buried at Rutherglen Cemetery in Glasgow.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Builders Stabalise The Rennie Mackintosh Library After The 2014 Fire". Getty Images. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir James Fleming Died: 24 May 1914". BillionGraves. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "The Glasgow School of Art". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Item NMC/1714 - Carved tablet to Sir James Fleming". Glasgow School of Art. Retrieved 21 July 2022.