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Ernest Vize Symons CB (19 June 1913 – 5 November 1990)[1] was a British Civil Servant who became the first Director General of the Board of Inland Revenue.[2] His daughter is Elizabeth Symons (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean).[3]

Symons was educated at the Stationers' Company's School[citation needed] and University College London (UCL), where he studied History, and graduated in 1933.[2] He served on the UCL Council in 1975, and became a fellow of UCL in 1979.

He became an Assistant Inspector of Taxes in 1934. He was a Deputy Chief Inspector of Taxes, 1964-1973, Chief Inspector of Taxes until 1975 then Director General until his retirement in 1977.[2]

In 1975, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was served as the Treasurer of the National Association for the Care of Offenders[2] in 1979. From 1978, he was on the council of the London Welsh Trust (Vice-Chairman, 1981-1985). He was Honorary Treasurer of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion from 1980. He was a governor of the English-Speaking Union from 1978 and its deputy chairman from 1983 to 1986.

In May 1991, Inland Revenue named their Leeds office "Symons Building" in honour of Symons.[2]

Following his death in 1990, Symons was buried at Penllwyn, Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Welsh Journals - Archaeologia Cambrensis (1900-1999), Vol. 140, 1991". journals.library.wales. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Welsh Journals - Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1990, 1990". journals.library.wales. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  3. ^ "The NS profile: The Bassetts". www.proquest.com. Archived from the original on 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2025-09-26.