Captain Walter Synnot, a prominent Australian Colonial, was a son of Sir Walter Synnot. In 1819 he settled in Cape Colony but returned to Britain. In 1835 he then settled first in

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at his property Invermay, near

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. Walter spent the rest of his life in Tasmania and died at his home, "The Mansion" in Canning Street, Launceston, in 1851.Launceston Examiner His numerous children included Julia, who married Henry Cole in Launceston,

Monckton Synnot Monckton Synnot (1827-1879) was a prominent squatter in Victoria, Australia, the sixth son of Captain Walter Synnot and his second wife Elizabeth, ''née'' Houston, and the grandson of Sir Walter Synnot, of Ballymoyer, County Armagh. Born at ...

and

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the well known squatters and wool brokers. His daughter Jane married into the Manifold family. He features in the famous 18th-century painting "The Children of Walter Synnot Esq" by

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. Of the more famous of his descendants are

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Sir

Anthony Synnot Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot, (5 January 1922 – 4 July 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff from 1979 to 1982. Early life Synnot was born in 1922 at Corowa, New South ...

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and Sir Walter Synnot Manifold.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Synnot, Walter Year of birth missing Year of death missing Settlers of Tasmania