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![]() Portrait of Hood by James Northcote | |
Born | Butleigh, Somerset, England | 12 December 1724
Died | 27 January 1816 London, England | (aged 91)
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Years of service | 1741–1794 |
Rank | Admiral |
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Spouse(s) | Susannah Linzee |
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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816)[1] was an admiral in the Royal Navy. 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).