Editing Ian Fleming (section)

=== Birth and family ===
[[File:A link to James Bond - geograph.org.uk - 1255756.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|alt=A discoloured brass plaque showing the names of those local men killed in the First World War|The [[Glenelg, Highland|Glenelg]] War Memorial, listing [[Valentine Fleming]], Ian's father]]
Ian<!-- Don't remove his first name: it's the first use outside the lead, so the full name is shown --> Lancaster Fleming was born on 28&nbsp;May 1908, at 27&nbsp;[[Green Street, Mayfair|Green Street]] in the wealthy London district of [[Mayfair]].<ref name="Lycett (DNB)" /><ref>{{cite book |publisher=General Register Office |location=United Kingdom |title=England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes |date=1837–1915 |volume=1a |page=420a}}</ref> His mother was [[Evelyn St. Croix Fleming|Evelyn "Eve" Fleming]], ''{{nee}}'' Rose, and his father was [[Valentine Fleming]], the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Henley (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley]] from 1910 to 1917.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fleming, Ian Lancaster, (28 May 1908 – 12 Aug. 1964), writer |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-56886 |access-date=3 March 2021 |website=Who's Who & Who Was Who |year=2007 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u56886 |isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref><ref name="Churchill Obit" /> As an infant he briefly lived with his family at [[Braziers Park]] in Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.braziers.org.uk/buildings-and-land |title=Buildings and Land |series=Braziers Park |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> Fleming was a grandson of the Scottish financier [[Robert Fleming (financier)|Robert Fleming]], who co-founded the [[Scottish American Investment Company]] and the merchant bank [[Robert Fleming & Co.]]<ref name="Lycett (DNB)" />{{efn|Since 2000 Robert Fleming & Co has been part of [[JPMorgan Chase]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Katherine |title=Abbey buys Fleming Premier for £106m |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=15 May 2001 |page=18 |location=London}}</ref>}}

In 1914, with the start of the First World War, Valentine Fleming joined [[Squadron (army)|"C" Squadron]] of [[Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars]], and rose to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]].<ref name="Churchill Obit" /> He was killed by German shelling on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] on 20&nbsp;May 1917. [[Winston Churchill]] wrote an obituary for him that appeared in ''[[The Times]]''.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=12}} Because Valentine had owned an estate at [[Arnisdale]], his death was commemorated on the [[Glenelg, Highland|Glenelg]] War Memorial.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=13}}

Fleming's elder brother [[Peter Fleming (writer)|Peter]] became a travel writer and married actress [[Celia Johnson]].<ref name="PF Obit (1971)" /> Peter served with the [[Grenadier Guards]] during the Second World War, was later commissioned under [[Colin Gubbins]] to help establish the [[Auxiliary Units]], and became involved in behind-the-lines operations in Norway and Greece during the war.<ref name="PF Obit (1971)" />

Fleming had two younger brothers, Richard and Michael, who also served in the Second World War. Richard served with Scottish regiments ([[Lovat Scouts]] and [[Seaforth Highlanders]]) and was the father of author, [[James Fleming (author)| James Fleming]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fleming|first= James|year= 2017|title=My Uncle Ian|journal=The Book Collector|volume= 66 |issue=1|pages= 11–14}}</ref>  Michael died of wounds in October 1940 after being captured at Normandy while serving with the [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Casualty of War |url=https://www.ianfleming.com/timeline/michael-fleming-dies/ |website=ianfleming.com |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> Fleming also had a younger maternal half-sister born out of wedlock, the cellist [[Amaryllis Fleming]] (1925–1999), whose father was the artist [[Augustus John]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Fergus |title=Amaryllis Fleming |department=Obiturary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-amaryllis-fleming-1110720.html |access-date=4 December 2011 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=5 August 1999 |location=London}}</ref> Amaryllis was conceived during a long-term affair between John and Evelyn which had started in 1923, six years after the death of Valentine.{{sfn|Lycett|1996|p=19}}