# Richard Symons

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**Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet** (c. 1743 – 4 July 1797), was a British politician.

Born Richard Peers, he was the only son of Alderman Richard Peers, of [London](/source/London), by Anna Sophia Symons, daughter of Richard Symons, originally of London, who had purchased [The Mynde Park estate](/source/The_Mynde) in [Much Dewchurch](/source/Much_Dewchurch), Herefordshire.

According to the will of his maternal grandfather,[1] he inherited The Mynde estate in 1764 following the death of his uncle John Symons, MP for Hereford[2][3] and assumed the surname of Symons in lieu of his patronymic.[4]

From 1768 to 1784 Symons sat as [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Hereford](/source/Hereford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).[5][6] In 1774 he was created a baronet, of The Mynde in the County of Hereford.[4]

Symons never married. When he died in July 1797[7][8] the baronetcy became extinct.[4] By his grandfather’s will, Mynde Park devolved to Thomas Raymond, the grandson of his grandfather's sister Ann, who also assumed the surname of Symons.[4][1]

His mother and father had died in 1756 and 1772 respectively and were buried in [Croydon Minster](/source/Croydon_Minster).[9] He was survived by his sister Lady Elizabeth Blunt, a major beneficiary of his will,[10] and his nephew [Charles Richard Blunt](/source/Sir_Charles_Blunt,_4th_Baronet).

## References

1. [*Will of Richard Symons, Fishmonger of London*](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D539878). Great Britain: The National Archives. 1753-11-06.

1. [*Will of John Symons of Herefordshire*](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D489379). Great Britain: The National Archives. 1764-01-03.

1. Namier, Lewis Bernstein & Brooke, J. ["SYMONS, John (1708-63), of Mynde Park, Hereford | History of Parliament Online"](https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/symons-john-1708-63). *www.historyofparliamentonline.org*. Retrieved 2023-04-22.

1. [Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard. *A genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England*, s. 518.](https://books.google.com/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA518)

1. Namier, Lewis Bernstein & Brooke, J. ["SYMONS, Richard (?1743-96), of Mynde Park, Hereford | History of Parliament Online"](https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/symons-richard-1743-96). *www.historyofparliamentonline.org*. Retrieved 2023-04-22.

1. ["Hereford Journal"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/17970712/012/0003). 12 July 1797.

1. ["Will of Sir Richard Symons of Meend, Herefordshire"](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D328315). *National Archives*

1. Ducarel, Andrew Coltee (1783). [*Some Account of the Town, Church, and Archiepiscopal Palace of Croydon, in the County of Surrey*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YZtbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA93). J. Nichols. p. 93.

1. [*Will of Sir Richard Symons of Meend, Herefordshire*](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D328315). Great Britain: The National Archives. 1797-07-18.

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