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  • William Symonds
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  • Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782, Bury St Edmunds – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship Nil, Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia) was Surveyor of the Navy in the Royal Navy from 9 June 1832 to October 1847, and took part in the naval reforms instituted by the Whig First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Robert George Graham in 1832.
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serviceyears
  • 1794
Birth Date
  • 1782-09-24
Branch
Last
  • Lambert
death place
  • Aboard the French steamship Nil in the Strait of Bonifacio, off Sardinia
Name
  • William Symonds
Caption
  • 1850
  • Sir William Symonds, by Edward Morton,
First
  • Andrew
Birth Place
Title
  • Symonds, William
Awards
  • FRS, knighthood, civil Companion of the Bath
death date
  • --03-30
Rank
  • Rear admiral
Allegiance
Battles
Relations
  • Thomas Symonds
  • Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds and William Cornwallis Symonds
laterwork
ID
  • 26893
abstract
  • Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782, Bury St Edmunds – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship Nil, Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia) was Surveyor of the Navy in the Royal Navy from 9 June 1832 to October 1847, and took part in the naval reforms instituted by the Whig First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Robert George Graham in 1832.