Origin of the Name "Hood" - The Great Naval Hood Family

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Origin of the Name "Hood" - The Great Naval Hood Family and the ships named H.M.S.HOOD......

Background
It all started with two brothers, Alexander and Samuel Hood. Alexander, the elder brother, settled in Mosterton. Samuel became vicar of Butleigh Parish. It was from Samuel's line that the first great naval Hoods, Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood, and Alexander, 1st Viscount Bridport, arose. Vicar Samuel also had another son that saw Royal Navy service, if only briefly, Vicar Arthur William Hood.

Alexander of Mosterton had a son named Samuel who saw naval service as a purser. Purser Samuel spawned three great naval Hoods: Admiral Sir (Baronet) Samuel Hood and Captains Alexander and Arthur Hood. The three were true fighting men that gave their all in the service of the Crown.

Hood family tree of Great Naval servicemen of the Royal Navy

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There were of course other naval Hoods that followed, most notably Admiral Sir Arthur William Acland Hood (1st Lord of the Admiralty, 1885-89) and Rear-Admiral Sir Horace Hood who died aboard battle cruiser Invincible at Jutland.

MIGHTY HOOD H.M.S.HOOD Super Dreadnought class Battle-cruiser World largest most powerful ship 1920=1941

The Mighty Hood was not, as some believe, named specifically after Sir Horace Hood who died at Jutland. Neither was she named specifically after the late 1880s First Sea Lord Sir Arthur Hood of Avalon. She was in fact, officially named for the first of the great naval Hoods, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley (Lord Samuel Hood). Of course, it could also be argued that as an "Admiral" class vessel, she was named after all three Hood admirals. It can also be argued that she was named after the family due its many excellent naval officers and their contributions.

The family continues to thrive. There have been eight Viscounts Hood to date. These are as follows:

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816)
Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood (1753-1836)
Samuel Hood-Tibbits, 3rd Viscount Hood (1808-1846)
Francis Wheler Hood, 4th Viscount Hood (1838-1907)
Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood, 5th Viscount Hood (1868-1933)
Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount Hood (1910-1981)
Alexander Lambert Hood, 7th Viscount Hood (1914-1999)
Henry Lyttleton Alexander Hood, 8th Viscount Hood and Patron of the H.M.S. Hood Association (born 1958)


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