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Persoonlijke gegevens Alexander (Sir)(1St Viscount Bridport) HOOD 

• Hij is geboren op 2 december 1726.
• Hij is overleden op 3 mei 1814 in Bath, Somerset., hij was toen 87 jaar oud.

  Age:87

• Een kind van Samuel (2Nd Baron Bridport) HOOD
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 30 juli 2015.

Gezin van Alexander (Sir)(1St Viscount Bridport) HOOD

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Mary WEST (HOOD).

Zij zijn getrouwd op 21 augustus 1758, hij was toen 31 jaar oud.

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Mary Sophia BRAY (HOOD).

Zij zijn getrouwd op 26 juni 1788, hij was toen 61 jaar oud.

Notities over Alexander (Sir)(1St Viscount Bridport) HOOD

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Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas1

M, #152051, b. 2 December 1726, d. 3 May 1814

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas

b. 2 Dec 1726\\nd. 3 May 1814

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Reverend Samuel Hood

 

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Mary Hoskins

 

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unknown Hood

 

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Richard Hoskins

 

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Last Edited=4 Apr 2010

Captain Alexander Hood

by Joshua Reynolds, 1763 2

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St.Thomas was born on 2 December 1726.1 He was the son of Reverend Samuel Hood and Mary Hoskins.1 He married, firstly, Mary West, daughter of Reverend Richard West and Mary Temple, on 21 August 1758.3,4He married, secondly, Mary Sophia Bray, daughter of Thomas Bray and Elizabeth Sadleir, on 26 June 1788.5 He died on 3 May 1814 at age 87 at Bath, Somerset, England, without issue.5

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas gained the rank of Lieutenant in 1746 in the service of the Royal Navy.1 He gained the rank of Commander in 1756.1 He gained the rank ofPost Captain in 1756.1 In 1757 he captured two French ships of war in Hyères Bay.3 He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1780.1 In 1781 he recaptured the English man-of-war, The Warwick.3 He fought in the relief of Gibraltar in 1782, where he distinguished himself under Lord Howe.3 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Bridgwater between 1784 and 1790.3 He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1787.1 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 7 May 1788.3 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Tory) for Buckingham between 1790 and 1796.3 He held the office of Rear-Admiral of Great Britain between 1790 and 1796.1 He gained the rank of Admiral of the Blue in 1794.1 He fought in the The Glorious First on 1 June 1794, as second in command on The Royal George.3 He was created 1st Baron Bridport [Ireland] on 14 November 1794, with a special remainder to heirs of Samuel Hood, his great-nephew.3 He gained the rank of Admiral of the White in 1795.1 He fought in the battle off Port L'Orient on 23 June 1795, where he gained a partial victory over a French fleet of 12 ships of the line, even though he had superior numbers.3 He held the office of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain in 1796.1 In 1796 he dispersed a French Fleet which had landed troops in Wales.6 He was created 1st Baron Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas, co. Somerset [Great Britain] on 13 June 1796.3 In 1797 he helped to quell the Mutiny at the Nore.6 He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet between 1797 and 1800.3 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1799.3 He gained the rank of General in 1800 in the service of the Marines.3 He was created 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas [Great Britain] on 16 June 1800.3 He held the office of Vice-Admiral of the UnitedKingdom between 1801 and 1814.3 He gained the rank of Admiral of the Red in 1805.3

On his death, his British titles became extinct.5

HOOD, Sir Alexander (1726-1814), of Cricket St. Thomas, Som.

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986

Available from Boydell and Brewer

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BRIDGWATER

1784 - 1790

BUCKINGHAM

29 Dec. 1790 - 1796

Family and Education

b. 2 Dec. 1726, 2nd s. of Rev. Samuel Hood, vicar of Butleigh, by Mary, da. of Richard Hoskins of Beaminster, Dorset; bro. of Sir Samuel, 1st Bt., 1st Baron Hood [I]*. m. (1) 21 Aug. 1758,1 Mary (d. 12 Sept. 1786), da. of Rev. Richard West, preb. of Winchester, s.p.; (2) 26 June 1788, Mary Sophia, da. and h. of Thomas Bray of Edmonton, Mdx., s.p. KB 7 May 1788; cr. Baron Bridport [I] 14 Nov. 1794; Baron Bridport [GB] 13 June 1796; Visct. Bridport [GB] 16 June 1800.

Offices Held

Entered RN 1741, lt. 1746, cdr. 1756, capt. 1756, r.-adm. 1780, v.-adm. 1787, adm. 1794.

Treasurer, Greenwich Hosp. 1766-99; r.-adm. of Gt. Britain 1790-6, v.-adm. 1796-d.; c.-in-c. Channel fleet 1797-1800; lt.-gen. marines 1799-1800, gen. 1800-d.

Biography

Hood, who voted withgovernment on the Regency question, abandoned his seat for Bridgwater at the dissolution of 1790, after failing to obtain satisfactory terms for the renewal of his tenure from the patron, the 4th Earl Poulett. He soon found his way back into the House when the Marquess of Buckingham, to whom he was related by his first marriage, offered him the vacant seat for his pocket borough of Buckingham, onthe understanding that they were both 'zealous supporters of the present government' and that Hood would surrender the seat in the unlikely event of a divergence in their political views.2 Hood presumably continued to support Pitt's ministry, for in the government election forecast for 1796 he was marked 'pro', but after the outbreak of war in 1793 he was almost constantly absent on active service.

As a naval officer Hood was overshadowed by his elder brother. His share in the victory of 1 June 1794 won him an Irish peerage. His partial defeat of the French fleet, 23 June 1795, while in temporary command of the Channel fleet during Howe's illness, was initially regarded as a brilliant success, but soon came to be viewed in a less creditable light. Hood's acknowledgment of a vote of thanks, 2 Nov. 1795, was his only recorded utterance in the House in this period. When Howe expressed his unwillingness immediately to resume the active command in July 1795, George III proposed to transfer Hood to the North Sea and to vest the temporary Channel command in Sir John Jervis; but at the entreaty of Lord Spencer, on whom Hood had pressed his claims to the full Channelcommand, the King agreed to issue a commission to Hood constituting him commander 'of a squadron to be employed on a particular service, which will give him all the emolument and rank to which he appears fairly entitled'. Hood was less than satisfied with the arrangement and his ingratitude was received regretfully by Spencer and sourly by the King:

it appears too plainthat in his family self-value is so predominant that all other objects are not sufficiently attended to, and as much as I was desirous that Earl Howe's strength may be restored, I cannot now but moreeagerly wish it as the temper of the next in command is now so clearly seen.3

Hood, created a British peer in 1796, secured the Channel command the following year and resigned from active service in 1800.4 He died 3 May 1814.

Ref Volumes: 1790-1820

Author: David R. Fisher

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