Thomas Powell Symonds

Thomas Powell Symonds (1762 – 19 August 1819) was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford 1800 to 1819, and lieutenant colonel of the South Gloucester Militia.[1]

Thomas Powell Symonds was the eldest son of Thomas Symonds Powell Symonds of Pengethley Manor[2] (near Ross) and his wife Sarah Mary Rootes, daughter of Joseph Chester of Gloucester. He was the eldest of eight children and inherited Pengethley Manor from his father in 1793.[1] He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1798–99.

He married a Mary Rootes and fathered 7 sons he was succeeded by his nephew, also Thomas Powell Symonds (son of Rev Joseph Symonds—T.S.P. Symonds' second son).[1]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms: Sa, a dolphin embowed holding in the mouth a fish arg.[1] Crest: A dolphin as in the arms.[1]

References
  1. Burke, Bernard A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain, pub Harrison, 1863
  2. The postcode of Pengethley Manor is HR9 6LL
  • "SYMONDS, Thomas Powell (1762-1819), of Pengethley, Herefs". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 8 May 2013.


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