A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Symons, William Henry (b)
SYMONS. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Henry Symons (b) entered the Navy 2 Nov. 1832; passed his examination 26 Sept. 1839; and after having served as Mate of the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, at the capture of the Bogue Forts, and as Acting-Lieutenant of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, in the attack upon Canton, was promoted by the Admiralty to his present rank 8 Oct. 1841. He was appointed, 3 June, 1842, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and from 5 June, 1843, until the spring of 1844, was employed in the Tyne 26, Capt. Wm. Nugent Glascock, in the Mediterranean.