| Sir Frederick Richard Solly-Flood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March 1829 |
| Died | 7 April 1909 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Royal Military College Sandhurst |
| Awards | Knight 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[]
- ↑ Burke, Bernard (1912). Genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. p. 236. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhera00burkuoft.
- ↑ "No. 21011". 21 August 1849. p. 2596. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21011/page/2596
- ↑ "No. 22437". 23 October 1860. p. 3800. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22437/page/3800
- ↑ "SOLLY-FLOOD, Maj.-Gen. Frederick". 1907. p. 1641. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1641.
- ↑ "No. 25372". 1 July 1884. p. 3011. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/25372/page/3011
- ↑ "No. 26144". 17 March 1891. p. 1482. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26144/page/1482
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. "Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour". http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/arthur-charles-fox-davies/armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-volume-2-dxo/page-189-armorial-families--a-directory-of-gentlemen-of-coat-armour-volume-2-dxo.shtml. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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