Sir Harold Hood, 2nd Baronet (23 January 1916 – 5 September 2005) was the son of Sir Joseph Hood. Just before his fifteenth birthday in 1931, he succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death. Hood was a devout

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and worked in Catholic publishing for much of his life, including working on the

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and

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. He was involved with many charities including the Bourne Trust and the

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. Hood was a

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and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. He died aged 89 and the heir to the Baronetcy was his son John Hood. He is buried in the central roundel of

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towards the south-west.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Harold 1916 births 2005 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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