Fleming moonraker5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Again, young Ian was trapped by the things his most despised: snobbery and his brother's overwhelming ability to better him at education. On turning 13, Fleming was enlisted in Eton - the only proper school for wealthy children of his lineage to attend. Valentine's cards ceased in April 1917 and on May 20th 1917, Major Fleming was killed in action. When of an appropriate age, Ian and eldest brother Peter were sent to Durford boarding school where they would receive the occasional letter from their father, but nothing from Evelyn. His father, Valentine Fleming, was a Conservative MP, but he uprooted his family in 1914 when war broke out and the politician was drafted to the army. ![]() ![]() With a distinct dislike for what he would regard as snobbish family gatherings and political debate, Ian was kept in his brother's shadow for the early years of his life. Quickly, a fierce competitive nature grew between Ian and his elder brother Peter. Croix Fleming at the family estate in Oxfordshire. Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on May 28th 1908 and raised alongside his three other siblings by his mother, Evelyn St. ![]()
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