Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet ( – 4 July 1796), was a British politician. Born Richard Peers, he was the only son of Alderman Richard Peers, of

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, by Anna Sophia Symons, daughter of Richard Symons, originally of London, who had purchased The Mynde Park estate in Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire. According to the will of his maternal grandfather, he inherited The Mynde estate in 1764 following the death of his uncle John Symons, MP for Hereford and assumed the surname of Symons in lieu of his patronymic.Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard. ''A genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England'', s. 518.
/ref> From 1768 to 1784 Symons sat as Member of Parliament for

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. In 1774 he was created a baronet, of The Mynde in the County of Hereford. Symons never married. When he died in July 1796, the baronetcy became extinct. 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. His mother and father had died in 1756 and 1772 respectively and were buried in

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. He was survived by his sister Lady Elizabeth Blunt, a major beneficiary of his will, and his nephew Charles Richard Blunt.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Symons, Richard Year of birth uncertain 1796 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784