Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet

Sir Michael le Fleming, 4th Baronet (1748–1806) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 32 years from 1774 to 1806.

Fleming was the only son of Sir William Fleming, 3rd Baronet of Rydal, Westmorland, and his wife Elizabeth Petyt, daughter of Christopher Petyt of Skipton, Yorkshire and was born on 10 December 1748.

[1] At the 1774 general election Fleming was returned as Member of Parliament for Westmorland jointly with Sir James Lowther after a contest.

[1][2] Fleming was described as “a most abandoned profligate.” However, his friend James Boswell described him as “a very fashionable baronet in the brilliant world, who had a great love of literature”.

[2] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his cousin Sir Daniel Fleming who married Anne, his only legitimate daughter.