David Hay Fleming (1849–1931) by Andrew Swan Watson, 1925 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Article
J. D. Mackie
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Fleming, David Hay (1849–1931), antiquary and writer on Scottish history, was born at St Andrews on 9 May 1849, the third and youngest son of John Fleming, china and stoneware merchant, of St Andrews, whose ancestors were from Deeside, and his wife, Ann...