Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

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Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB, of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.

Lord Bridport

Captain Alexander Hood, in 1759, inserted is the scene where Hood recaptured Warwick

Cricket House, built in 1786 by Admiral Hood to the design of Sir John Soane

Monument to Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, Cricket St Thomas Church, Somerset, designed by Sir John Soane (1753–1837). Displaying the arms of Hood, West and Bray, with quarterings, topped by the Hood crest of A Cornish Chough resting on an anchor

Cricket St Thomas

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Cricket St Thomas is a parish in Somerset, England, situated in a valley between Chard and Crewkerne within the South Somerset administrative district. The A30 road passes nearby. The parish has a population of 50. It is noted for the historic manor house known as Cricket House, and its estate in recent times formerly home to a wildlife park.

Church of St Thomas, Cricket St Thomas

Monument to Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814-1904), Cricket St Thomas Church

Cricket House

Wildlife Park at Cricket St Thomas