Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwickshire, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, he drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in 1757 during the Seven Years' War. He held senior command as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station, leading the British fleet to victory at Battle of the Mona Passage in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, then First Naval Lord and, after briefly returning to the Portsmouth command, became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet during the French Revolutionary Wars. His younger brother was Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-1814) and his first cousin once-removed was Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762-1814).

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Date of Birth
December 12nd, 1724
Age
299
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
January 27th, 1816
Died Aged
91
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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