Jelinger Henry Symons

1 portrait by William Edward Abbott

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Jelinger Henry Symons

by William Edward Abbott
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1864
3 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. (88 mm x 59 mm) image size
Purchased, 2011
Photographs Collection
NPG x135500

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Current affairs

First of the Contagious Diseases Act. These acts allowed for the arrest, medical inspection and confinement of any woman suspected of being a prostitute in the port towns. Following huge public outcry over their discrimination against women, notably led by Josephine Butler, leader of the Ladies' National Association, the acts were eventually repealed.
Octavia Hill starts work on slums, and the International Working Men's Association is founded in London.

Art and science

The Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell presents his discoveries in the field of electromagnetics to the Royal Society. His paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field expresses the basic laws of electricity and magnetism in unified fashion. Maxwell's equations, as his rules came to be known, helped create modern physics, laying the foundation for future work in special relativity and quantum mechanics.

International

Austria and Prussia combine forces to seize Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark.
Britain cedes Corfu, acquired from France in the Second Treaty of Paris (1815) to Greece. Although Britain had vigorously suppressed an uprising in 1849 in Cephalonia aiming to restore Iolian islands, the government changed policy throughout the 1850s and 60s.

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P Fisher

17 November 2020, 19:42

Jelinger Henry Symons was born 30 Aug 1835 in Plymouth, the son of Capt William Henry Symons RN. He was married in Shepton Mallet 16 Aug 1864 to Annie Grace Hyatt. He served in the Royal Marines until 1875 when he retired as a Major. He died on 12 Jun 1921 aged 85.

Edward Garcia

25 January 2020, 06:23

In the caption for the carte de visite Jelinger Henry Symons by William Edward Abbott, Symons is listed as a naval officer. He was, in fact, an officer of the Royal Marine Light Infantry.