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Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 1726 – 2 May 1814), of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
- 1741–1800
- Royal Navy
[1] Viscount Bridport is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation became extinct in 1814, while the second creation is extant. History. Sir Alexander Hood, [2] younger brother of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, was a prominent naval commander.
- Second
- The Hon. Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood
- 6 July 1868
- Queen Victoria
Monument and grave of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, in the churchyard of Cricket Saint Thomas. The figure represents Saint Michael. General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 4th Duke of Bronte, GCB, DL (23 December 1814 – 4 June 1904) was a British Army officer and courtier .
- 23 December 1814, Marylebone, London
- British Army
Information. Related objects. Also known as. Adm Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport. primary name: primary name: Bridport, Alexander Hood. other name: other name: (Viscount) Bridport. Details. individual; military/naval; British; Male. Life dates. 1726-1814. Biography. KB.
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Admiral; second-in-command to Lord Howe at 'The Glorious First of June', 1794, one of the earliest naval victories in the war against France. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, blockading Brest almost continuously, 1797-1800.
Created 1st Viscount Bridport in 1800, the sitter was the younger brother of Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood, and commanded the frigate Minerva, 32 guns, at Quiberon Bay in 1759. In 1778 he commanded the 'Robust', 74 guns, in Palliser's division of the fleet at Ushant and took his side in the subsequent courts martial known as 'the Keppel affair'.
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814), Admiral. Sitter in 12 portraits. Artist. Lemuel Francis Abbott (circa 1760-1802), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 79 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait. This portrait. Hood is shown in Admiral's undress uniform with the Star of the Bath. Linked publications.
