Captain Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet (20 April 1819 – 29 April 1892) was an English Conservative Party politician, landowner and farmer. Alexander Bateman Periam Hood was born on 20 April 1819 in Bath, Somerset, England, to

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, and Amelia Anne Hood (née Bateman). He was educated at the

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. After he married Isabel Harriet Acland in 1849 he had the surnames Fuller Acland added to his name by royal licence. Acland-Hood was chairman of the West Somerset Railway Company and a member of the Somerset County Council. Acland-Hood was commissioned as a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards. He was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1858 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1859 to 1868. Acland-Hood died of pneumonia at the family home at St Audries House, West Quantoxhead, Somerset on 29 April 1892, aged 73. He and Isabel had nine children. The eldest,

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, succeeded to the baronetcy.

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1819 births 1892 deaths Royal Horse Guards officers High sheriffs of Somerset People educated at Rugby School Politicians from Bath, Somerset Councillors in Somerset Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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