Background
FLEMING, Francis was born in 1842. Son of late James Fleming, Queen’s Counsel and Julia, daughter of late Major John Canning.
FLEMING, Francis was born in 1842. Son of late James Fleming, Queen’s Counsel and Julia, daughter of late Major John Canning.
Studied at Downside College.
Barrister Middle Temple, 1866. Crown Solicitor, Mauritius, 1869. District Magistrate, 1872.
District Judge, Jamaica, 1876. Attorney - General, Barbados, 1878. Acted as private secretary to Sir G. C. Strahan, Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George.
Governor of Cape Colony, 1880. Puisne Judge, British Guiana, 1882. Queen’s Advocate, Ceylon, 1883.
Colonel Secretary Mauritius, 1886. Colonel Secretary HongKong, 1889. Act.-Governor Mauritius, 1886-1887.
Of Hong-Kong, 1890; Governor Sierra Leone, 1892. Consul for Liberia, 1892. Governor of Leeward Islands, 1895-1901.
A Poor Law Guardian for Parish of St. Mary Abbot’s, Kensington, and Vice-Chairman of Board, 1904 and 1907. Manager of Metropolitan Asylums Board, 1907.
Club: Oriental.