Introduction
Born: October 4, 1848, Portishead, North Somerset, England.
Died: September 7, 1929, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
Buried: Smallcombe Vale Cemetery, Bath, England.
Born: October 4, 1848, Portishead, North Somerset, England.
Died: September 7, 1929, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
Buried: Smallcombe Vale Cemetery, Bath, England.
Frederic was the son of physician Frederick Weatherly and Julia Maria Ford, and husband of Miriam Weatherly.
He attended Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford.
A judge, poet, and lawyer, he is perhaps best remembered as the author of secular lyrics such as Danny Boy, Roses of Picardy, and Up from Somerset.