Frederick Solly-Flood

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Sir Frederick Richard Solly-Flood
Born19 March 1829
Died7 April 1909
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldRoyal Military College Sandhurst
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Sir Frederick Richard Solly-Flood KCB (19 March 1829 – 7 April 1909) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Military career[]

Solly-Flood was the son of Frederick Solly-Flood (1801-1888) of Ballynaslaney House, County Wexford, the attorney-general of Gibraltar.[1]

He was commissioned into the 53rd Regiment of Foot in 1859.[2] He became a captain in the 82nd Regiment of Foot in 1860[3] and, having been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1877,[4] became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1884, remaining in that post until 1886.[5] He subsequently commanded a District in Bombay.[6]

He lived at Ballynaslaney House in County Wexford.[7]

Family[]

In 1863 he married Constance Eliza Frere of Porthmawr, Crickhowell, Breconshire.[8] He was succeeded by his son Arthur.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. p. 236.
  2. ^ "No. 21011". The London Gazette. 21 August 1849. p. 2596.
  3. ^ "No. 22437". The London Gazette. 23 October 1860. p. 3800.
  4. ^ "SOLLY-FLOOD, Maj.-Gen. Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1641.
  5. ^ "No. 25372". The London Gazette. 1 July 1884. p. 3011.
  6. ^ "No. 26144". The London Gazette. 17 March 1891. p. 1482.
  7. ^ The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, p.333
  8. ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. "Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour". Retrieved 17 November 2019.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1884–1886 		Succeeded by
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