Richard Symons

Sir Richard Symons, 1st Baronet ( – 4 July 1797), 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, 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.

From 1768 to 1784 Symons sat as Member of Parliament for Hereford. In 1774 he was created a baronet, of The Mynde in the County of Hereford. the baronetcy became extinct. He was survived by his sister Lady Elizabeth Blunt, a major beneficiary of his will, and his nephew Charles Richard Blunt.