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

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(Chief Whip) under

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from 1902 to 1905.

Background

Fuller-Acland-Hood was the son of

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, 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.thepeerage.com Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St. Audries
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Political career

Fuller-Acland-Hood sat as Member of Parliament for

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from 1892 until 1911. He was appointed

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under

Lord Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United ...

in 1900, a post he held until November 1902, and then served as

(Chief Whip) under

from August 1902 until 1905. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1904 and raised to the peerage as Baron St Audries, of

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in the County of

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, in 1911.

Family

Lord St Audries married the Hon. Mildred Rose Evelyn, daughter of

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, in 1888. They had two sons and two daughters. He died in June 1917, aged 63, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, Alexander. Lady St Audries died in October 1949.

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