Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet (c. 1743 – 4 July 1796), was a British politician.

Born Richard Peers, Symons was the only son of Richard Peers, of London, by Anna Sophia Symons, daughter and heiress of Richard Symons, originally of London, who had purchased The Mynde estate in Herefordshire. According to the will of his maternal grandfather, he assumed the surname of Symons in lieu of his patronymic on succeeding to The Mynde estate.[1] From 1768 to 1784 Symons sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford.[2] In 1774 he was created a Baronet, of The Mynde in the County of Hereford.[1]

Symons never married. He died in July 1796, when the baronetcy became extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard. A genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, s. 518.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Charles FitzRoy-Scudamore
John Scudamore		 Member of Parliament for Hereford
1768–1784
With: John Scudamore		 Succeeded by
John Scudamore
Earl of Surrey
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of The Mynde)
1774–1796		 Extinct