Charlotte Mary Hood, Baroness Bridport by Robert Thorburn

Charlotte Mary Hood, Baroness Bridport, 3rd Duchess of Bronte (

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Nelson; 20 September 1787 – 29 January 1873) was the daughter of

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte (20 April 1757 – 28 February 1835), was an Anglican clergyman and an older brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Life Born in Burnham Thorpe, he was a son of the Reverend Edmu ...

and Sarah Yonge. She died at the age of 85 in Cricket St. Thomas,

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. She was buried in Cricket St. Thomas, Somerset. She succeeded to the title of Duchess of Bronte (of the

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) on 28 February 1835.

Marriage and children

She married

Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (7 September 1788 – 6 January 1868), of Redlynch, Wiltshire, Redlynch House in Wiltshire, of Cricket House at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset, and of 12 Wimpole Street in Westminster, was a British politician and p ...

, son of

Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood (1753–1836) was an English peer. He is known for his relationship with Caroline of Brunswick. Life He was the third son of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, a naval officer, and his wife Susannah Linzee; his elder brot ...

and Jane Wheler, on 3 July 1810. They had seven children: *

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. Mary Sophia Hood (b. 1 December 1811, d. 29 January 1888) * Hon. Charlotte Hood (b. 8 August 1813, d. 21 August 1906) * Hon. Jane Sarah Hood (b. 14 January 1817, d. 28 April 1907) * Hon. Catherine Louisa Hood (b. 25 March 1818, d. 6 October 1893) * Hon. Frances Caroline Hood (b. 29 March 1821, d. 1 October 1903), wife of

Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Baronet (1 March 1818 – 23 April 1889), of Bradfield House, Uffculme in Devon (known as John Walrond Dickinson until 22 April 1845), was a British Conservative Party politician. Origins He was born on 1 March 181 ...

. * General Sir Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas (b. 23 December 1814, d. 4 June 1904) * Hon. Horatio Nelson Hood (b. 24 April 1826, d. 1832)

References

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