William Symonds
Sir William Symonds CB FRS ( 24 September 1782 – 30 March 1856 , aboard the French steamship "Nil" , Strait of Bonifacio , Sardinia ) was Surveyor of the Navy in the Royal Navy from 9 June 1832 to October 1847 , and took part in the naval reforms instituted by the Whig First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Robert George Graham in 1832 . 
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