Background
Fleetwood was the son of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, and of Anne, daughter of Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Bedfordshire and was baptised at Cardington, Bedfordshire on 20 July 1603.
Fleetwood was the son of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, and of Anne, daughter of Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Bedfordshire and was baptised at Cardington, Bedfordshire on 20 July 1603.
Emmanuel College.
He was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 3 December 1618. He was comptroller of Woodstock Park, Oxfordshire and cupbearer to King James I and King Charles I. He was knighted on 20 July 1624. In 1633 he was incorporated at Oxford as Master of Arts of Cambridge.
In 1661 Fleetwood was re-elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1674.
Fleetwood died at the age of 71. Fleetwood was brother of Sir George Fleetwood, a baron of Sweden and of Charles Fleetwood, the parliamentary general.
Short Parliament; Cavalier Parliament]
In April 1640, Fleetwood was elected Member of Parliament for Woodstock in the Short Parliament.