Born	1723
Died	1815
Son of Samuel Hood and Mary Hoskyns

Samuel Hood

From: http://www.hmshood.com/ship/history/Family.html 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, Lord Samuel Hood 12 December 1724: Born in Butleigh, Somerset, to Vicar Samuel Hood and his wife Mary. 1740/1741: Entered Royal Navy. Posted to H.M.S. Romney as servant to Capt Thomas Smith. Advanced to Able Seaman under Romney?s next master, Capt Thomas Grenville. April 1743: Transferred to H.M.S. Garland November 1743: Posted to H.M.S. Sheerness under Captain George Rodney. Advanced to midshipman. September 1744: Transferred to H.M.S. Ludlow Castle (under Capt Rodney once more). January 1746: Assigned to H.M.S. Exeter under Commodore Thomas Smith. Hood was soon appointed lieutenant and posted to H.M.S. Winchelsea under Capt Henry Dyve. November 1746: Lightly wounded (hand) during an engagement with French frigate Subtile (the Subtile surrendered and was later brought into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. Amazon). March 1748: Appointed to H.M.S. Greenwich under Capt John Montagu. Later in the year Hood was posted to H.M.S. Lyon. November 1748: Lyon paid-off. Hood placed on half-pay. 1749: Married Susannah Linzee, daughter of Portsmouth?s Mayor. January 1753: Posted to H.M.S. Invincible guard ship in Portsmouth. May 1753: Posted to H.M.S. Terrible. 1754: Promoted to commander at the young age of 30. Assigned to sloop H.M.S. Jamaica. Served in North American waters. July 1756: Posted to H.M.S. Lively. 1756: Made Post-Captain of H.M.S. Grafton. January-May 1757: Took temporary command of three ships: H.M.S. Torbay (January), H.M.S. Tartar (01 April) and H.M.S. Antelope (30 April). In May, aboard Antelope, he helped wreck the French ship Aquilon and capture at least two privateers. July 1757: Captain of frigate H.M.S. Bideford under Sir Edward Hawke. February/March 1758: Captain of H.M.S. Vestal under Sir Edward Hawke. Participated in the attacks on the Isle of Aix. 21 February 1759: While enroute to North America, engaged and captured the French frigate Bellona July 1759: Served under Lord Rodney in the bombardment of Havre de Grace. 1760-1763: Assigned to primarily convoy escort duties aboard H.M.S. Levant in the Mediterranean. Also served off Ireland. 1763: Levant paid-off. Hood given command of H.M.S. Thunderer guard ship at Portsmouth. April 1767: Appointed Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty?s ships on the New England station in North America. Commanded Romney. 1771-1773: Commanded H.M.S. Royal William guard ship at Portsmouth. 1773-1776: Commanded H.M.S. Marlborough. Following a devastating and fatal magazine explosion, Marlborough was taken out of service. Hood transferred to H.M.S. Courageux. January 1778: Appointed Commissioner at Portsmouth and made Governor of the Naval Academy. 20 May 1778: Created a baronet by King George III during the King's visit to Portsmouth. September 1780: Promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue. 1781: Hood, in command aboard H.M.S. Barfleur, was assigned a squadron and sent to support Lord Rodney against the French in the West Indies and off North America. Participated in numerous skirmishes with the French. The most notable achievement was the defeat and capture of the French warship Ville de Paris was captured. Captured two other vessels as well. September 1782: Created as Baron Hood of Catherington. 1784-1788: Served as M.P. for Westminster (Tory) April 1786-1789: Appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth (aboard Barfleur). September 1787: Promoted to Vice Admiral 1788-1795: Served as a Lord of the Admiralty. 1789-1790: Served as MP for Reigate February 1793: Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Station following the outbreak of the French Revolution. Took command of H.M.S. Victory and directed the capture of Toulon and Corsica. 1794: Promoted to Admiral of the Blue. Returned to England late in the year. 1795: Promoted to Admiral of the White. Retired from active naval service. Made an elder brother of Trinity House. March 1796: Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital June 1796: Created a peer in Great Britain as Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwick. 27 June 1816: Lord Hood died in Bath on 27 June 1816, aged 92 years. It should be noted that not only have ships been named for Lord Hood, but a valley, river and mountain as well (Mount Hood region in the USA/Canada Pacific Northwest).