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    Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

    British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars

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  2. 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.

  3. Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (born Dec. 12, 1724—died Jan. 27, 1816) 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. During the Seven Years’ War he served in the English Channel and then the Mediterranean.

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  4. 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.

  5. Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. 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 ...

  6. 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. 1740/1741: Entered Royal Navy.

  7. 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.

  8. Samuel Hood, elder brother of Viscount Bridport (q.v.) entered the Navy in 1741 and was made a lieutenant in 1746. His first command was in the Mediterranean in 1754. In 1757 he was at the blockade of Brest and was successful in a noteworthy single-ship action. Between 1760 and 1763 he served in the Mediterranean.

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