Thomas Powell Symonds


Thomas Powell Symonds was Member of Parliament for Hereford 1800 to 1819, and lieutenant colonel of the South Gloucester Militia.
Thomas Powell Symonds was the eldest son of Thomas Symonds Powell Symonds of Pengethley Manor 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. He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1798–99.
Symonds married a Mary Rootes and fathered 7 sons. He was succeeded by his nephew, also Thomas Powell Symonds.

Coat of arms

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