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'''Archibald Fleming''' [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] [[Order of St Sava]] (1863&ndash;c.1930) was a Scottish minister, military chaplain and religious author. He was Grand Chaplain to the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=Hew|url=http://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc00scot|title=Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae : the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation|last2=Macdonald|first2=D. F. (Donald Farquhar)|last3=Macdonald|first3=Finlay A. J.|date=1915|publisher=Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd|others=National Library of Scotland}}</ref>
==Life==
[[File:Tron Kirk, High Street Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|Tron Kirk, Edinburgh]]
[[File:Forres Street 2-10, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|300px|Forres Street in Edinburgh]]
He was born on 27 December 1863, the eldest son of Rev Archibald Fleming, of [[Inchyra]] House, near [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], Scotland. His father was minister of St Paul's Church in Perth.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=Hew|url=http://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc00scot|title=Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae : the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation|last2=Macdonald|first2=D. F. (Donald Farquhar)|last3=Macdonald|first3=Finlay A. J.|date=1915|publisher=Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd|others=National Library of Scotland}}</ref>
He was educated at [[Perth Academy]] and then studied Divinity at [[University of Edinburgh]] (graduating [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in 1883). Like his father he became a [[Church of Scotland]] minister. Licensed by the Presbytery of Perth in 1887 he became assistant at [[St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh]] the same year. He was ordained to Newton on 25 September 1888; transferred to [[Tron Kirk]] in [[Edinburgh]] on 18 May 1897; acting chaplain 9th V.B. (Highlanders) the [[Royal Scots]], 1898–1902, and [[London Scottish (regiment)|London Scottish]], 1903–1922. He was chaplain to the [[Lord High Commissioner]], 1918–1920, the Monarch's representative at the annual, [[General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]].<ref>''Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology''. Ed. Nigel M. de S. Cameron. 1993. p. 495.</ref> Due to his work in [[Serbia]] during the [[First World War]] he was awarded the Serbian Order of St Sava in 1919.
He was editor of the church's magazine ''[[Life and Work (magazine)|Life and Work]]'' from 1898 to 1902. He was succeeded as editor by John Ferrier.<ref>''A History of the Masonic Lodge of Holyrood House (St. Lukes), No. 44 Holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with Roll of Members, 1734–1934''. Lindsay, Robert Strathern. Vol. II. T. and A. Constable at the University Press. 1935. p. 650.</ref> Thereafter, he became Minister of [[St Columba's Church, London|St Columba's Church]], in [[Pont Street]], [[London]]. He became Moderator of the Scottish Church in [[England]] in 1929.
==Family==
On 14 September 1898, he married Agnes Jane, daughter of Robert Cecil Williamson, [[Moray Estate|Moray Place]], Edinburgh.<ref>''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''. Vol. VII, p. 471. By Hew Scott. 1928.</ref> Their children were:
* Archibald Robert Cecil, [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] (Oxon.), born 1899
* William Hamilton Dalrymple, B.A. (Cantab), born 1901
* Christian Isobel, born 1903
* Roberta Cecilia Helen, born 1909
==Freemasonry==
He was a Scottish Freemason having been Initiated in The Lodge of Holyrood House (St Luke's), No. 44, on 22 January 1896. He was the Grand Chaplain in the [[Grand Lodge of Scotland]] 1897-1899.[1] In 1899 he gave a lecture: ‘The Memory of King Robert Bruce.’ At this time he was resident at 9 Forres Street on the [[Moray Estate]] in Edinburgh.<ref>''The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. 1899-1900''. p. 37.</ref>
==References==
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*''Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae''. Vol. VII, p.&nbsp;471. By Hew Scott. 1928.
*''A History of the Masonic Lodge of Holyrood House (St. Lukes), No. 44 Holding of the [[Grand Lodge of Scotland]], with Roll of Members, 1734-1934''. Lindsay, Robert Strathern. Vol. II. T. and A. Constable at the University Press. 1935. p.&nbsp;649.
*''Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology''. Ed. Nigel M. de S. Cameron. 1993. p.&nbsp;495. {{ISBN|9780830814077}}
==External links==
*[https://www.archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiaesc07scot#page/471/mode/1up/search/Fleming Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae]
*[https://www.grandlodgescotland.com/ The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland]
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