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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) 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.
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British admiral who served during the Seven Years’ War and the American and the French Revolutionary wars. Hood entered the navy in 1741, becoming a lieutenant in 1746.
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Jun 11, 2018 · British admiral. Born in Budleigh, Somerset, on 12 December 1724, the eldest son of a country parson, Hood entered the navy in 1741 and for a time was a follower of Captain George Brydges Rodney. He saw action in the North Sea and the Channel and was in American waters between 1753 and 1756.
Viscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1796 for the famous naval commander Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Baron Hood. [1] He had already been created a Baronet, of Catherington, in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 20 May 1778, and Baron Hood, of Catherington in the County of ...
3 days ago · The Right Honourable Samuel Lord Hood (1st Viscount Hood of Whitley) (1724-1816) had known Bligh. He had already been C.-in-C. Portsmouth and given Bligh his sailing orders in 1787. 12 December 1724: Born in Butleigh, Somerset, to Vicar Samuel Hood and his wife Mary.
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was an admiral in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession.
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. (1724-1816), Admiral. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 10 portraits. Samuel Hood entered the Navy in 1741. During the Seven Years War (1756-63), he served in the English Channel and the Mediterranean.
