Frederick Solly-Flood

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 (1829 – 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 (1801–1838) of Ballynaslaney House, County Wexford.^[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. The London Gazette: no. 21011. p. 2596. 21 August 1849. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
3. The London Gazette: no. 22437. p. 3800. 23 October 1860. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
4. "SOLLY-FLOOD, Maj.-Gen. Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1641.
5. The London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3011. 1 July 1884. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
6. The London Gazette: no. 26144. p. 1482. 17 March 1891. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
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