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SYMONDS, THOMAS, son of Samuel Symonds, Moreton, Berks.; b. 23 Jul 1709; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730, matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; BD and DD 1773; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1735, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1736; ordained priest (Norwich) Mar 1733/4; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland, from 1745; m. Esther ---; d. 16 Feb 1789. [presumably m. 16 Nov 1773 Esther Scott (IGI)]

SYMONDS, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1655 (Buttery Book), but did not matr. and his name is not found in Alum. Oxon.

SYMNS, ROBERT CORSER MONTFORT, eldest son of Rev. John Edward Symns, Headmaster, Bancroft’s School, Woodford, Essex, and Mary, second dau. of Robert Corser, Redhill, Surrey; b. 30 Sep 1867; at St. Paul’s Sch. 1878-9; adm. 16 Jun 1881; QS 1881; left Easter 1884; went to King’s Coll. Sch.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1886; Indian Civil Service 1886; arrived in Burma 12 Dec 1888; Assistant Commissioner, Burma 1888; acting Under-Secretary and acting Deputy Commissioner Feb 1901; retd. Oct 1913; m. 3 Jan 1894 Mary Pauline, second dau. of William Jones, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; d. 6 Apr 1929.

Symmons, Robert Lawrence, son of Robert William Symmons, sen. PSO Min. of Supply, and Clarimonde Athalia, d. of William Edward Henry Anthony of Cardiff, Glamorgan; b. 26 June 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (KS); left Dec. 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1955; d. 7 July 1958.

Sydney-Turner, Saxon Arnoll, son of Alfred Moxon Sydney-Turner, F.R.C.S., of Hove, Sussex, by Mary Sophia, daughter of Ryves William Graves, of Gloucester; b. Oct. 28, 1880, adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; elected head to Trin. Coll., Camb. (with Senior Samwaies) July 1899 (adm. pensr. June 25, 1899), matric. 1899; 1st class Classical Tripos (Div. 3), pt. i, 1901; Waddington Scholar 1902; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. ii, 1903; B.A. 1903; a civil servant in the Estate Duty Office Oct. 1904-Dec. 1912, in the Treasury Jan. 1913; d. Nov. 4, 1962.

SWIFT, JASPER, son of Jasper Swift, Serjeant at Arms to Lord High Admiral, and Katherine, dau. of Thomas Hulme, London, citizen and haberdasher; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1590, matr. 15 Jan 1590/1, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1603; BA 1594; MA 26 Jan 1599/1600; BD and DD 26 Feb 1615/6; ordained; Rector of St. Erme, Cornwall 1603; Rector of Powderham, Devon, from 16 May 1612; Prebendary of Exter from 1 Aug 1613; Archdeacon of Cornwall 21 Jul – Oct 1616, Archdeacon of Totnes from 30 Oct 1616; lic. to m. 30 Apr 1619 Elizabeth, dau. of John Shapleye, Mayor of Totnes; d. 20 Jan 1619/20.

SWIFT, GEORGE, son of Arthur Swift, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS 1721; left 1724; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1724, aged 18; BA 1728; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Feb 1729/30; d. 21 Apr 1732, as a result of a fall from a chariot.

SWIFT, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673.

SWENY, JOHN, eldest son of Michael Sweny, St. Michan’s, Dublin, Ireland; b.; adm. 8 Apr 1767; KS (aged 14) 1767; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 – deprived 24 Jun 1775 (no degree); reprimanded for irregularities, insults to Censor and appearing in Latin chapel in a “grotesque habit” 20 Jan 1772; cited to appear before Chapter of Christ Church 24 Mar 1773; adm. Middle Temple 16 Apr 1773, King’s Inns, Dublin 1776; m. 1779 Catherine Alice (IGI), dau. of Henry Cope, Dublin.

SWENY, JOHN, eldest son of John Sweny (qv); b. 25 Nov 1783; adm.; in school list 1797; KS 1798; played cricket v. Eton at Lord’s 31 Jul 1800; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1801, adm. pens. 14 May 1801, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1801; BA 1805; MA 1810; ordained; beneficed in Ireland.