Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
Admiral Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1774 - 1840) was a Scottish officer of the British 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 losing his ship on one operation. Combining his naval career with periods of political activity he took part in only one major fleet operation, the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805, but spent several years as a Member of Parliament. Connected by birth to a major noble landowning family several of his children went on to inherit or marry into titles and rank in the British peerage. Charles himself died an Admiral of the Blue with extensive Scottish estates.
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Don Roberto: The Adventure of Being Cunninghame Graham
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2023
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Inf. Hon. Cha. Elphinstone, &c. Against Lady Clementina Fleming. Information for the Honourable Charles Elphinstone, and the Other Heirs of Entail, ... by the Late John, Earl of Wigton, Defenders
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