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Alexander Hood (other)
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Alexander Hood may refer to: *Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), British Royal Navy admiral *Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer) (1758–1798) *General Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (British Army officer) (1814–1904), British soldier and courtier *Alexander Hood (Governor of Bermuda) (1888–1980), army medical officer and Governor of Bermuda *Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport (born 1948), British investment banker *Alexander Hood, 5th Duke of Bronté (1854–1937), British courtier *Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), MP for Wellington *Alex Hood (born 1935), Australian folklorist See also *Alexander Acland Hood (other) Alexander Acland Hood may refer to: *Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet, MP for Somerset West *Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, MP for Somerset West *Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries, MP for Wellington, son *Alexander F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 17262 May 1814), of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Origins He was a younger son of the Rev. Samuel Hood (1691/2 – 1777), Vicar of Butleigh and prebendary of Wells Cathedral (both in Somerset) and Vicar of Thorncombe in Devon (whose monument survives in St Leonard's Church, Butleigh), by his wife Mary Hoskins, a daughter of Richard Hoskins, Esquire, of Beaminster, Dorset. His elder brother was Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816). The sons of his first cousin Samuel Hood (1715–1805), a purser in the Royal Navy included Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762–1814), Captain Alexander Hood (1758–1798) and Captain Arthur Hood (1754–1776). Career The story of his entry into the navy is recounted by Edmund Lodge (1756–1839) (a personal acquaintance of Lord Bridport) in his ''Portraits of Ill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Alexander Hood (23 April 175821 April 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, one of several members of the Hood family to serve at sea, including his brother Sir Samuel Hood, who were both sponsored into the Royal Navy by their cousins once removed, Viscount Hood and Alexander Hood. Career He entered the Royal Navy in 1767, and accompanied Captain James Cook in his second voyage of exploration from 1772 to 1775. During the American Revolutionary War, under Admirals Richard Howe and George Rodney, when he had command of the cutter ''Ranger'' in March 1780, he distinguished himself in the West Indies, and in July 1781 at the age of 23 he was promoted to captain. Shortly thereafter, he was given command of the 98-gun second rate ship of the line, . It was not uncommon for an extremely junior captain to find himself commanding a large ship-of-the-line, if that ship were the flagship of an experienced admiral, who would be able to keep a close eye on the new captain. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (British Army Officer)
General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 4th Duke of Bronte, (23 December 1814 – 4 June 1904) of Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, of Cricket St Thomas in Somerset and of 12 Wimpole Street, London, was a British soldier and courtier. Origins He was the eldest and only surviving son and heir of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868) of Redlynch in Wiltshire and of Cricket St Thomas in Wiltshire, a younger grandson of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816) of Catherington in Hampshire, elder brother of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 1st Baron Bridport (1726–1814), of Cricket St Thomas. His father Samuel was the heir to the estates his childless great-uncle Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, and by special remainder to his title Baron Bridport in the Peerage of Ireland. His mother was Charlotte Hood, 3rd Duchess of Bronte (1787–1873), only child of Rev. William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte (1757–1835) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood (Governor Of Bermuda)
Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hood (25 September 1888 – 11 September 1980) was a physician and British Army medical officer who served as the Director General of Army Medical Services from 1941 to 1948. He subsequently served as Governor of Bermuda from 1949 to 1955. Early life Hood was born in Leith, Edinburgh, and educated at George Watson's College. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1910 and achieving his MD in 1931 for his research on dysentery. In 1918, Hood married Evelyn Dulcia Ellwood, with whom he had one son and two daughters. Military career After spending one year as the house surgeon in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Hood joined the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). He served in France and Belgium during the First World War, and then in India and Afghanistan shortly afterwards. He became a specialist in pathology, serving in Meerut and Bangalore and then as deputy assistant district pathologist for Madras region. Hoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport
Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte (born 17 March 1948), known as Alex Bridport, is a British investment banker, resident in Geneva, Switzerland. Early life He is the only son and heir of Rowland Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, Rowland Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (1911–1969), of Duke of Bronte, Castello di Maniace near Bronte, Sicily, Bronte in Sicily (a descendant of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte, elder brother and heir of Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte), by his second wife Sheila Jeanne Agatha van Meurs, only daughter of Johan Hendrik van Meurs and widow of Wing-Commander J.H. Little, DFC, Auxiliary Air Force. Career He grew up in the Castello di Maniace, Sicily, and was educated at Eton College and the University of Paris, Sorbonne. He joined Kleinwort Benson merchant bank in London, before going on to Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hood, 5th Duke Of Bronté
Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th Duke of Bronte (28 June 1854 – 1 June 1937) of ''Castello di Maniace'', Bronte and ''La Falconara'' (now "Villa Nelson"), Taormina, both in Sicily, and of 13 Pelham Crescent, South Kensington, London, was a British courtier and Sicilian nobleman. "Discreetly homosexual"Under the Volcano: Revolution in a Sicilian Town, By Lucy Riall, p.169 and described by his Sicilian biographer as "intelligent and refined", he was well-respected and liked by the Brontese, and spent six months of each year resident at Maniace until his old age. He was, like many contemporaries in his pre-World War II aristocratic circle, a "great admirer of Mussolini and the Fascist regime". Origins He was the 4th son of Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport by his wife Lady Mary Penelope Hill, a daughter of Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire. Duchy of Bronte Whilst Alexander's eldest brother Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport succeeded their father by law as Viscount Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries
Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC (26 September 1853 – 4 June 1917), known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) under Arthur Balfour from 1902 to 1905. Background Fuller-Acland-Hood was the son of Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Sir Peregrine Palmer-Fuller-Acland, 2nd Baronet. He was a descendant of Alexander Hood, uncle of Lord Hood and Lord Bridport. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1892. In 1905 he also succeeded his kinsman as 6th Baronet of Hartington Hall. Political career Fuller-Acland-Hood sat as Member of Parliament for Wellington, Somerset from 1892 until 1911. He was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Lord Salisbury in 1900, a post he held until November 1902, and then served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip) under Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Hood
Alexander Stewart Ferguson "Alex" Hood (born 1935) is an Australian folk singer, writer, actor, children's entertainer/educator and folklorist. It is not known whether the vocals used were new recordings, or were recordings already available on previous Wattle releases. * Wattle Ballad Series No. 1 ''Old Black Billy'' The Rambleers 1961 * Wattle Ballad Series No. 3 ''Reedy River'' The Rambleers 1961 * Wattle Ballad Series No. 4 ''The Old Bullock Dray'' The Bushwhackers 1961 * Wattle Ballad Series No. 5 ''Click Go the Shears'' The Rambleers 1961 As "Daw, Hood And Henderson" (with Chris Daw and Marian Henderson) * Daw, Hood And Henderson: ''Oh Pay Me'' (6 track EP) Blue and White Collar Records BW 1, 1962 Solo and with others * Various artists: ''Basic Wage Dream'' (6 track EP) Blue and White Collar Records BW 2, 1964 (as Alec Hood; other tracks by Arthur Greig, Don Ayrton and David Lumsden) * ''Alex Hood Sings of Australia's First Hundred Years'' MFP-A8041, 1964 * Peter O'Shaughne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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