Richard Symons

Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet (c. 1743 – 4 July 1796), was a British politician.

Born Richard Peers, he was the only son of Alderman Richard Peers, of London, 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,[1] he inherited The Mynde estate in 1764 following the death of his uncle John Symons, MP for Hereford[2][3] and assumed the surname of Symons in lieu of his patronymic.

[4] 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.

[4][1] His mother and father had died in 1756 and 1772 respectively and were buried in Croydon Minster.