Symes Family Tree

G. R Symes was born in Jervis Street, Dublin, on the 15th November 1836. His father, Dr. Glascott Symes, a much respected Fellow of the College, was for many years in active practice at Kingstown, County of Dublin. His mother was Barbara McNally. Having received preliminary education at Portora School, he entered Trinity College, where his career was a distinguished one. In 1857 he won a Junior ModeratorshIp in Experimental and Natural Science, and in 1858 graduated in Arts. His medical training was received in the College and Trinity College Schools, and Stevens' Hospital. In the Session 1857-8 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Pathological Society for an Essay on Disease of the Breast. In 1858 he became a Licentiate of the College, and in 1860 obtained the diploma of the College of Physicians. He was for a time Resident Surgeon in Steevens' Hospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy in its Medical School. In 1863 he was appointed Visiting Surgeon to this hospital. Symes invented an ingenious little instrument for opening tonsillitic abscess, and contributed several papers and reviews to the journals. He died from rheumatic fever, at 7 Hume Street, on October lOth, 1866, at the early age of thirty years, and was interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery. Dr. Symes married in 1860, Bessie, daughter of Joseph Symes, of Hillbrook, County Wicklow, by whom he had three children-all boys-two of whom survived him. Mrs. Symes, who re-married, is now deceased.