Frederick Solly-Flood

Sir Frederick Richard Solly-Flood
Born 19 March 1829
Died 7 April 1909
Allegiance United Kingdom 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.

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. Armorial families: a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
Military offices
Preceded by
Frederick Middleton
Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
18841886
Succeeded by
Aylmer Cameron
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