Charles Symmons

Symmons was ordained deacon in 1773 and priest in 1774, and was appointed rector of Narberth in Pembrokeshire in 1778.

He also studied at Clare College, Cambridge from 1776 to 1786, obtaining a Bachelor of Divinity degree.

He was incorporated as a member of Jesus College, Oxford on 29 March 1794 and received his DD two days later.

His whiggish views inhibited further advancement in the church, although he was additionally appointed rector of Lampeter Velfrey, an adjoining parish to Narberth, in 1794.

[2] His earliest works included a volume of sermons (1787), a tragedy Inez (1796) and Constantia, a dramatic poem (1800).