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- Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 1726 – 2 May 1814) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. He entered the navy in January 1741, and was appointed Lieutenant of HMS Bridgewater in 1746, and in that rank served for ten years in various ships. He was promoted to Commander in 1756 and served as flag captain for Rear Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, first in Prince in the Mediterranean (the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Saunders, under whom Hood had served as a lieutenant), then in Minerva frigate. In the Seven Years' War he fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, and in 1761 Minerva recaptured after a long struggle, the 60-gun Warwick of equal force, 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. From this time forward he was in continuous employment afloat and ashore. In 1778 he was appointed to Robust and fought at the First Battle of Ushant on 22 July. In the court-martial of Admiral Augustus Keppel that followed the battle, although adverse popular feeling was aroused by the course which he took in Keppel's defence, his conduct does not seem to have injured his professional career. In 1780 he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the White, and succeeded Kempenfeldt as one of Howe's flag-officers. In the American Revolutionary War, in HMS Queen, he took part in Howe's relief of Gibraltar in 1782. He served in the House of Commons for a time. Promoted vice-admiral in 1787, he became K.B. in the following year, and on the occasion of the Spanish armament in 1790 flew his flag again for a short time. On the outbreak of war with France in 1793 he went to sea again. In the War of the First Coalition, on 1 June 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. Henceforth Bridport was practically in independent command. On 23 June 1795, with his flag in Queen Charlotte (100), 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. 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 afloat save at such critical times as that of the Irish expedition in 1797. He was about to put to sea when the Spithead fleet mutinied. He succeeded at first in pacifying the crew of his flag-ship, who had no personal grudge against their admiral, but a few days later the mutiny broke out afresh, and this time was uncontrollable. For a whole week the mutineers were supreme, and it was only by the greatest exertions of the old Lord Howe that order was then restored and the men returned to duty. After the mutiny had been suppressed, Hood took the fleet to sea as commander-in-chief in name as well as in fact, and from 1798 he personally directed the blockade of Brest which grew stricter and stricter as time went on. In 1800 he was relieved by John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent. 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 viscountcy in the English peerage died with him; the Irish barony passed to the younger branch of his brother's family, for whom the viscountcy was re-created in 1868.
- Sir Alexander Hood, 1. Viscount Bridport, KB war ein Admiral der britischen Royal Navy und Spross der Seefahrerfamilie Hood.
- L’amiral Alexander Hood, 1 vicomte Bridport, était un officier de la Royal Navy durant les guerres de la Révolution française et les guerres napoléoniennes. Il était le frère de l'amiral Samuel Hood, 1 vicomte Hood. Il entre dans la Navy vers 1740, est nommé lieutenant en 1746, commandant en 1756, et sert comme flag captain sous le contre-amiral Saunders en Méditerranée. Pendant la guerre de Sept Ans, il participe à la Bataille des Cardinaux en baie de Quiberon le 20 novembre 1759; en 1761, il reprend le Warwick, navire de 60 canons qui avait été pris par les Français en 1756. Jusqu'à la fin de la guerre en 1763, Hood est capitaine de l'Africa en Méditerranée. En 1778, il est nommé sur le Robust et participe le 22 juillet à la première bataille d'Ouessant; il prend la défense de l'amiral Keppel lorsque celui-ci passe en cour martiale à la suite de cette bataille. En 1780, il est promu contre-amiral. Lors de la guerre d'indépendance américaine, il prend part au sauvetage de Gibraltar en 1787. Il est élu à la Chambre des communes, mais reprend la mer lorsqu'éclate la guerre avec la France en 1793. Le 1 juin 1794 (13 prairial an II), il participe à la bataille du "Glorious First of June" sur le Royal George, dans l'escadre commandée par l'amiral Lord Howe. Pour ses exploits dans ce combat, il sera élevé à la pairie d'Irlande, en tant que Baron Bridport. Le 23 juin 1795, il livre la bataille de Groix et capture trois navires français. Bien que Hood soit critiqué dans la Navy pour ne l'avoir pas emporté plus nettement, le public britannique considère la bataille comme une grande victoire. Il est alors élevé à la pairie de Grande-Bretagne, et il est promu vice-amiral de la Marine britannique. Jusqu'à ce qu'il se retire en 1800, il commande la Flotte de la Manche. En 1796 et 1797, il dirige la guerre à partir de Londres. En 1797, après la répression de la mutinerie de Spithead, il reprend la mer. En 1798, il dirige personnellement le blocus de Brest jusqu'à ce que le relève John Jervis en 1800. En récompense de ses états de service, il est fait vicomte. Il passe en retraite les dernière années de sa vie, et meurt en 1814. Il était chevalier de l'Ordre du Bain.
- Худ, Александр, 1-й виконт Бридпорт — адмирал Королевского флота эпохи Французских революционных и Наполеоновских войн, член Парламента 1784-1796, брат адмирала Самуэля Худа.
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- Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 1726 – 2 May 1814) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. He entered the navy in January 1741, and was appointed Lieutenant of HMS Bridgewater in 1746, and in that rank served for ten years in various ships.
- Sir Alexander Hood, 1. Viscount Bridport, KB war ein Admiral der britischen Royal Navy und Spross der Seefahrerfamilie Hood.
- L’amiral Alexander Hood, 1 vicomte Bridport, était un officier de la Royal Navy durant les guerres de la Révolution française et les guerres napoléoniennes. Il était le frère de l'amiral Samuel Hood, 1 vicomte Hood. Il entre dans la Navy vers 1740, est nommé lieutenant en 1746, commandant en 1756, et sert comme flag captain sous le contre-amiral Saunders en Méditerranée.
- Худ, Александр, 1-й виконт Бридпорт — адмирал Королевского флота эпохи Французских революционных и Наполеоновских войн, член Парламента 1784-1796, брат адмирала Самуэля Худа.
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