Frederick Solly-Flood (British Army officer)
British Army general (1829–1909)
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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.
Sir Frederick Solly-Flood | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March 1829 |
| Died | 7 April 1909 (aged 80) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
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]