Captain Alexander Hood was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was one of several members of the Hood family to serve at sea, includin
Painting of a dying Hood (centre-right, seated) by Henry Singleton
HMS Mars (right) under Hood at the Battle of the Raz de Sein
Admiral of the Red Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer, born 1758)
…the Hood family to serve at sea, including his brother Samuel, who were both sponsored into the Royal Navy by their cousins once removed, Lord Hood and Alexander Hood. He entered the Royal Navy in 1767, and accompanied Captain James Cook in his second voyage of exploration from 1772 to 1775. During the American War…
Portrait by Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1795
Portrait of Alexander Hood by Joshua Reynolds, 1763. Minerva is shown in the background recapturing 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