Noel Symonds

Noel Parry Symonds (25 December 1863 – 31 December 1943) was an English rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.

Symonds was born at Broomy Hill, Herefordshire. He was the fifth son of James Frederick Symonds, a solicitor, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Cleave. He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School under F. H. Tatham and St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] He rowed in the Cambridge boat in the Boat Race in 1885 and 1886. In 1888 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta with E. Buck.^[2]

Symonds was a master at Bedford School from 1886 to 1933, becoming Vice-Master in 1923.

Symonds married Mabel Alloway Askwith, daughter of the Rev. Henry Askwith, Prebendary of Hereford, in January 1906, and had a family.

Symonds died at the age of 80.

See also

• List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews

References

1. ^ Symonds, Noel Parry in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
2. ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839-1939

Persondata
Name	Symonds, Noel Parry
Alternative names
Short description	English rower
Date of birth	25 December 1863
Place of birth	Broomy Hill, Herefordshire, England
Date of death	31 December 1943
Place of death