Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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politician and Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars
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About Charles Elphinstone Fleeming
- Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (18 June 1774 – 30 October 1840) was a Scottish aristocrat and officer of the 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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