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,Hagley par. reg.; Maud Wyndham, Chrons. of 18th Cent. ii. 277-8. 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 – 96, v.-adm. 1796 – d.; c.-in-c. Channel fleet 1797 – 1800; lt.-gen. marines 1799 – 1800, gen. 1800 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Cricket St. Thomas, Som.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
HOOD, Sir Alexander (1726-1814)
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Oxford 1644
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