# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-hood-1st-viscount-hood
# Generated: 2026-08-16T04:42:21.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-hood-1st-viscount-hood"
name: "Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood"
slug: "samuel-hood-1st-viscount-hood"
description: "Admiral of the Red Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, Hood 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."
tagline: "British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars (1724-1816)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Northcote%2C_Samuel_Hood.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1724-12-12"
deathDate: "1816-01-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.983204
  currentAttention:     0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump