Solly Memorial, Worcester Cathedral
from Lynne Burlingham
This article was originally published in the May 2006 edition of Soul Search, the journal of The Sole Society
To the most beloved and revered Memory
of RICHARD SOLLY of York Place Portman Square LONDON Esqr
who whilst on a Tour of Pleasure with his Family was seized with an Inflammation
of the Intestines, which in five Days terminated his Life at Malvern
on the 13th September 1803 in the 33rd Year of his Age
His Remains are deposited in a Vault near this Place where also his wretched Widow
Intends hers shall be placed when it shall please the God of Mercy and
Of Comfort to remove her from her present State of Misery
He married on the 10th of Octr 1799 FRANCES only Child of Sir Frederick Flood Bart
of IRELAND and had Issue FRANCES ELIZABETH born on the 12th of September 1800
FREDERICK born on the 7th Augt 1801 and JANE CAROLINE born on the 30th April 1803
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If the best and most beloved of Men whose supreme Solicitude on Earth was to promote
the Happiness of her who now pays this last sad Tribute of Affection to his Memory
could behold her occupied in the pious Office, he would know all she must now feel
whose every Admiration, Joy, and earthly Hope, centred in himself.
May that divine SAVIOUR in whose Presence she trusts he is now rejoicing, vouchsafe
to his afflicted Widow, heavenly Faith and Patience, till through the Merits of
the same REDEEMER, she shall be united with him in eternal Happiness
And may he grant that their fatherless Infants, following the Footsteps of their
much revered and honoured Parent, may share the Reward of Virtues like his own
[44 in Solley Register (Sole Society); Richard Solly 1771-1803, son of Isaac Solly and Elizabeth Neal, Partner in Isaac Solly and Son, married Frances Flood at St Georges, Hanover Square, London]