Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet KCMG (21 October 1864 – 4 September 1915) was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator.
Fuller was the eldest son of George Fuller, of Neston Park, Corsham, Wiltshire, and his wife Emily Georgina Jane, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, and was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. He unsuccessfully contested Parliament three times but in 1900 he was successfully returned for Westbury. He served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1906 to 1907 and under Campbell-Bannerman and later H. H. Asquith as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1907 to 1911. He was created a Baronet, of Neston Park in Corsham in the County of Wiltshire, in 1910. The following year Fuller resigned his seat in the House of Commons on his appointment as Governor of Victoria. He remained in this position until his resignation for health and family reasons in November 1913. He had been made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1911 Coronation Honours.
Fuller married Norah Jacintha, daughter of Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps, in 1898. They had two sons and four daughters. He died in September 1915, aged only 50, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Gerard. Lady Fuller later remarried and died in 1935.
Electoral record
General Election 1892: ChippenhamParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Conservative | Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder | 3,684 | | |
| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 3,455 | | |
Majority | 229 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General Election 1895: BathParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Conservative | Charles Wyndham Murray | 3,445 | | |
| Liberal Unionist | Edmond Robert Wodehouse | 3,358 | | |
| Liberal | Sir William Martin Conway | 2,917 | | |
| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 2,865 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Salisbury by-election, 1897Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Conservative | Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen | 1,425 | | |
| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 1,278 | | |
Majority | 147 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General Election 1900: WestburyParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 4,520 | 53.3 | |
| Conservative | Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner | 3,961 | 46.7 | |
Majority | 559 | 6.6 | |
Turnout | | 86.7 | |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
General Election 1906: WestburyParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,264 | 58.2 | +4.9 |
| Conservative | Lord Dunsany | 3,788 | 41.8 | -4.9 |
Majority | 1,476 | 16.4 | +9.8 |
Turnout | | 89.4 | +2.7 |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
General Election January 1910: WestburyParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Liberal | John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,279 | | |
| Conservative | Robert Long | 4,525 | | |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General Election December 1910: WestburyParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Liberal | Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller | 5,041 | 54.8 | |
| Conservative | George Llewellen Palmer | 4,152 | 45.2 | |
Majority | 889 | 9.6 | |
Turnout | | 88.3 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |