William Symonds Military person

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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Birth date	September 24, 1782
Birth place	Bury St Edmunds
Date of death	March 30, 1856
Place of death	Sardinia , Strait of Bonifacio

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allegiance	United Kingdom
award	Order of the Bath Royal Society
military operations	Battle of Groix
military branch	Royal Navy
relation	William Cornwallis Symonds Mary Anne Whitby Thomas Symonds Thomas Symonds (Royal Navy officer) Jermyn Symonds
service start	1794
service end	1856