Thomas Powell Symonds (1762 – 19 August 1819) was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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1800 to 1819, and lieutenant colonel of the South Gloucester Militia.Burke, Bernard ''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain'', pub Harrison, 1863
/ref> Thomas Powell Symonds was the eldest son of Thomas Symonds Powell Symonds of Pengethley ManorThe postcode of Pengethley Manor is HR9 6LL (near

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) 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

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for 1798–99. Symonds married a Mary Rootes and fathered 7 sons. He was succeeded by his nephew, also Thomas Powell Symonds (son of Rev Joseph Symonds—T.S.P. Symonds' second son).

Coat of arms

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

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