Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795.

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726-12-02 – 1814-05-02) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (700x876, 90 KB)Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (700x876, 90 KB)Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795. ... Lemuel Francis Abbot was an English portrait painter, famous for his portrait of Horatio Nelson (currently hanging in the Terracotta Room of number 10 Downing Street) and for those of other naval officers and literary figures of the 18th century. ... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 2 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The French Revolutionary Wars occurred between the outbreak of war between the French Revolutionary government and Austria in 1792 and the Treaty of Amiens in 1802. ... The Napoleonic Wars are the wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule of France. ... Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar , both meaning commander of the seas. ... Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ...

He entered the navy in about 1740, and was appointed Lieutenant of HMS Bridgewater in 1746. He was promoted to Commander in 1756 and served as flag captain for Rear Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, first in Prince in the Mediterranean, then in Minerva. In the Seven Years' War he fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, and in 1761 Minerva recaptured the 60-gun Warwick, which had been captured by the French ship Atlante in 1756. For the remainder of the war, from 1761 to 1763 Hood was captain of Africa in the Mediterranean. Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Events January 8 - Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Stirling April 16 - Battle of Culloden brings an end to the Jacobite Risings October 22 - The College of New Jersey is founded (it becomes Princeton University in 1896) October 28 - An earthquake demolishes Lima and Callao, in Peru Catharine de Ricci (born 1522... Commander is a military rank used in many navies but not generally in armies or air forces. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In the Royal Navy a Captain of the fleet could be appointed to assist an admiral when the admiral had ten or more ships to command. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Charles Saunders (1713-1775) was an admiral in the Royal Navy during the Seven Years War and later First Lord of the Admiralty. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763) pitted Great Britain, Prussia and Hanover against France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony. ... The naval Battle of Quiberon Bay took place on 20 November 1759 during the Seven Years War in Quiberon Bay, off the coast of France near St. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1778 he was appointed to Robust and fought at the First Battle of Ushant on July 22. In the court-martial of Admiral Augustus Keppel that followed the battle, Hood took up Keppel's defence. 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The naval First Battle of Ushant took place on 27 July 1778 during the American Revolutionary War, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles west of the isle of Ile dOuessant (Ushant to the English), a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel (25 April 1725 - 2 October 1786), was a British admiral who held sea commands during the Seven Years War and the War of American Independence. ...

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He served in Parliament, but on the outbreak of war with France in 1793 he went to sea again. In the War of the First Coalition, on June 1, 1794, in HMS Royal George, he was third in command to Admiral Lord Howe at the battle of the Glorious First of June. For his exploits in this battle he was elevated to the Irish peerage as Baron Bridport. In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The name First Coalition (1793–1797) designates the first major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain revolutionary France. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (March 8, 1726 - August 5, 1799) was a British admiral. ... Glorious First of June Conflict French Revolutionary Wars Date June 1, 1794 Place 400 miles west of Ushant Result Indecisive The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant and in French as the Bataille du 13 prairial An 2) was a naval battle fought in... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... The title of Viscount Bridport was created twice in British history. ...

On 23 June 1795, in Queen Charlotte, he fought the inconclusive Battle of Groix against the French under Rear Admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse off the Île de Groix and captured three ships. He was much criticized in the navy for his failure to win a more decisive victory. However the British public considered the battle a great victory and Hood's peerage was made English and he was promoted to Vice Admiral of England. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Groix was a naval battle fought in 1795 off the coast of France during the French Revolutionary War. ... Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse (1750 - 1812), French admiral, was born at Auch, of a noble family of Languedoc. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...

From 1795 until his retirement in 1800 he was commander of the Channel Fleet. In 1796 and 1797 he directed the war from London, rarely hoisting his flag. In 1797, after the Spithead mutiny had been suppressed, Hood took the fleet to sea and from 1798 he personally directed the blockade of Brest until he was relieved by John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent in 1800. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... St Stevens Tower - The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London (see also alternative names) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Flags are particularly important at sea, where they can mean the difference between life and death, and consequently where the rules and regulations for the flying of flags are strictly enforced. ... There were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A blockade is an effort usually (but not always, see below) at sea, to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy. ... Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest (population of the city: 146,000 inhabitants as of 2004 estimates; population of the metropolitan area: 303,484 inhabitants as of 1999 census) is a city in the Bretagne région, north-west France, subprefecture of the Finistère d... John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735-14 March 1823) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy. ...

In reward for his fine record his peerage was made a viscounty. He spent the remaining years of his life in retirement. He died on 1814-05-02. The viscounty in the English peerage died with him; the Irish barony passed to the younger branch of his brother's family, for whom the viscounty was recreated in 1868. A viscount is a member of the European nobility, especially of France, and of the British peerage, where a viscount ranks above a baron, below an earl (a count in France), and corresponds in Britain to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... May 2 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

See also

• His cousin once removed, also named Alexander Hood (1758–1798), was a captain in the Royal Navy, famous for a duel between his ship Mars and the French Hercule.

This article is about the domestic group. ... Captain Alexander Hood (April 23, 1758 – April 2, 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, one of several members of the Hood family to serve at sea. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... A duel or duel of honour is a form of armed combat in which two individuals participate. ...

References

• William James, Naval History of Great Britain, 1793–1827.
• This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.