"Ye gentlemen of England, who live at home at ease,
Ah! little do you think upon the dangers of the seas."
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Note 1. Afterwards Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Another
son was the late Admiral Thomas Symonds, several of whose sons are or
were in the Navy. Captain Thomas Symonds here spoken of was also the
son, I believe, of a naval officer. His brother was Dr Symonds,
Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge.