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Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 17262 May 1814) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.
Early life.
Hood entered the navy in January 1741 and was appointed Lieutenant in in 1746. He was promoted to Commander in 1756 and served as flag captain for Rear Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, first on in the Mediterranean (the flagship of
(1726–1814)
Barons Bridport (1794).
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 1st Baron Bridport (1726–1814)
- Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868)
- Alexander Nelson Hood, 3rd Baron Bridport (1814–1904) (created Viscount Bridport in 1868)
Viscounts Bridport; Second creation (1868).
- Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814–1904)
- Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport (1839–1924)
- Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 3rd