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James Randolf Gibson Fleming, MBE, a Dorset landowner and entrepreneur, died 11 October, 2025, aged 67.
He was seated at the Ranston estate between Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum, which he inherited at the age of 22, and he devoted the rest of his life to its stewardship. He was appointed MBE in 2025.
He was born 27 July, 1958, the son of William Harry Gibson Fleming (1918-1981), and his wife the former Selina Littlehales Baker (1925-2010), scion of the extinct Baker baronets, of Ranston, Dorset (cr 1892), daughter of Sir Richard Littlehales Baker, 4th Baronet (1879-1959), and his wife the former Elsie Burrell (who died 1 February, 1955).
James Gibson Fleming married in Norfolk, in 1986, Fiona L. Don (born 1962), daughter of Robert Seymour (Robin) Don (1932-2018), of North Elmham, Norfolk, by his wife the former Judith Holmes, by whom he had issue, Hector, William and Olivia.
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