A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symonds, Thomas Edward (b)
SYMONDS. (Commander, 1847.)
Thomas Edward Symonds is eldest son of Rear-Admiral T. E. Symonds.
This officer entered the Navy 15 Nov. 1832; obtained his first commission 17 March, 1841; and was then appointed to the Iris 26, Capts. Hugh Nourse, Wm. Tucker, and Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the coast of Africa, whence he returned to England and was paid off in 1843. He attained the rank he now holds 29 April, 1847.
Commander Symonds married, 22 July, 1848, Anne, only child of the late J. G. Schweitzen, Esq., of Southall, co. Middlesex, and widow of the Rev. N. Tindal.