Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

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British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars (1724-1816)

PoliticiansLived 1724 to 1816 · aged 91

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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.

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The Battle of the Chesapeake, at which Hood was defeated

1795 portrait of Hood by Lemuel Francis Abbott

The Officers Monument, Greenwich Hospital Cemetery

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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SiblingAlexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

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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.