Background
FLEMING, James Alexander was born in 1855. E. surviving son of late James Simpson Fleming, Cashier and General Manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Reid of Hayston, Stirlingshire.
FLEMING, James Alexander was born in 1855. E. surviving son of late James Simpson Fleming, Cashier and General Manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Reid of Hayston, Stirlingshire.
Glasgow Academy; Uppingham. Edinburgh University. Apprenticed to mercantile firms of James Finlay & Company, Glasgow and London.
Served with James Finlay & Company, Liverpool. Heugh Balfour & Company, and Robert Barclay & Company, Manchester, and Royal Bank of Scotland. Passed as advocate, 1883.
Scottish Counsel to Statute Law Committee, 1890-1898 and 1900. Counsel to Post Office in Scotland, 1891-1900. Sheritl-Court Depute, 1892.
Extra Advocate Depute, 1896. Advocate Depute, 1898. King’s Counsel 1903; Sheriff of Dumfries and Galloway since 1900; Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1905.
Clubs : Junior Carlton; University, Scottish Conservative, Edinburgh; Dumfries and Galloway, Dumfries; Western, Glasgow.