William Cornwallis Symonds

William Cornwallis Symonds
Born(1810-08-01)1 August 1810
Lymington, Hampshire, England[1]
Died23 November 1841(1841-11-23) (aged 31)
Manukau Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
Allegiance United Kingdom
BranchUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Army
Years of service1828–1841
RankCaptain
Unit38th Regiment of Foot[2]
74th Regiment of Foot[3]
96th Regiment of Foot[4]
RelationsWilliam Symonds (father)[5]
Thomas Symonds (grandfather)
Mary Anne Whitby (aunt)
Thomas Symonds (brother)
Jermyn Symonds (brother)

Captain William Cornwallis Symonds (1 August 1810[6] – 23 November 1841) was a British Army officer who was prominent in the early colonisation of New Zealand.

  1. ^ WO 25/792/111: Folio 223. Statement of Services of William C. Symonds of the 38th Regiment of Foot with a Record of such Particulars as may be useful in case of his Death – via The National Archives, Kew
  2. ^ The Army List, for March, 1828. London: War Office. 1828. p. 32.
  3. ^ The Army List, for June, 1837. London: War Office. 1837. p. 43.
  4. ^ Hart, Henry George (1842). The New Army List, for April, 1842. London: John Murray. p. 148.
  5. ^ "Drowned at Manukau". New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette. Vol. 1, no. 29. 27 November 1841. p. 3 – via Papers Past.
  6. ^ Symonds, Sir William; Sharp, James A. (1858). Memoirs of the Life and Services of Rear-Admiral Sir William Symonds ...: Surveyor of the Navy from 1832 to 1847. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. p. 201. Retrieved 14 February 2019.