Sir William Symonds | |
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 Sir William Symonds, by Edward Morton, 1850 (after Henry Wyndham Phillips) | |
| Born | 24 September 1782 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Died | 30 March 1856 (aged 73) Aboard the French steamship Nil in the Strait of Bonifacio, off Sardinia |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1794–1856 |
| Rank | Rear admiral (rank granted on retirement) |
| Battles / wars | Groix |
| Awards | FRS, knighthood, civil Companion of the Bath |
| Relations | Thomas Symonds (father) Mary Anne Whitby (sister) William Cornwallis Symonds (son) Thomas Symonds (son) Julian Symonds (son) Jermyn Symonds (son) |
| Other work | Surveyor of the Navy |
Sir William Symonds CB FRS (24 September 1782 – 30 March 1856, aboard the French steamship Nil, Strait of Bonifacio, Sardinia)[1] 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.