Background
He was born at Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, the son of Review Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was the great grandson of the antiquary Browne Willis, and of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore and Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore.
He was born at Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, the son of Review Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was the great grandson of the antiquary Browne Willis, and of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore and Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore.
He was educated at Eton College.
In 1813 he changed his name by Private Acting of Parliament from John Fleming Barton Willis to John Fleming, and he was also known thereafter as John Willis Fleming. He was High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1817. John Willis Fleming died at Athens, Greece on 18 July 1844, and was buried at Saint Nicolas" Church, North Stoneham in Hampshire, near his seat Stoneham Park.
The memorial tablet in Saint Nicolas was carved by Richard Cockle Lucas of Chilworth.
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12th United Kingdom Parliament.
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He was elected Member of Parliament for Hampshire in 1820, and again in 1826 and 1830.
And jointly with Henry Combe Compton for South Hampshire in 1835, 1837, and 1841.