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Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (7 September 1788 – 6 January 1868), of Redlynch House in Wiltshire, of Cricket House at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset, and of 12 Wimpole Street in Westminster,[1] was a British politician and peer.
Lord Bridport | |
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 Photograph of Lord Bridport, albumen print carte de visite by Camille Silvy, from the album of his friend Col. Thomas-Chaloner Bisse-Challoner. | |
| Member of Parliament for Heytesbury | |
| In office 1812–1818 | |
| Preceded by | Dr Charles Moore Viscount FitzHarris |
| Succeeded by | George James Welbore Agar-Ellis William Henry John Scott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Hood 7 September 1788 |
| Died | 6 January 1868 (aged 79) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 7 |
| Parent(s) | Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood Jane Wheeler |
| Residence | Redlynch House |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
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He was born in 1788, the second son of Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood (1753–1836), Chamberlain of the Household to Queen Caroline and the former Jane Wheeler (c. 1754–1847).
His paternal grandparents were Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, a naval officer, and the former Susannah Linzee (a daughter of Edward Linzee).[3][4] His mother was the daughter and heiress of Francis Wheeler of Whitley Hall near Coventry in Warwickshire, [5] and Jane Smith (a daughter of the banker Abel Smith of Nottingham).[5][a]
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A. degree in 1809.[6]
He was returned as a Tory Member of Parliament for Heytesbury, Wiltshire in 1812, although he appears to have lost interest in Parliament after succeeding to the peerage and did not stand for re-election in 1818.[7]
In 1814, soon after the death in action of his elder brother, he succeeded his childless great-uncle Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 1st Baron Bridport as Baron Bridport, under the special remainder of that title in the Peerage of Ireland.[7]
On 3 July 1810 in the parish of Marylebone, London, Hood married Charlotte Mary Nelson (1787–1873), only surviving child and heiress of the Rev. William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte,[b] and the former Sarah Yonge (a daughter of Rev. Henry Yonge). Together, they were the parents of two sons and five daughters,[7] including:[10]
Hood died on 6 January 1868.[7] He was succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander who was later created Viscount Bridport in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and inherited the dukedom of Bronte from his mother upon her death in 1873.[10]
Following the death of her father in 1835, his wife Charlotte, then known as Lady Bridport, inherited her father's Sicilian dukedom becoming suo jure 3rd Duchess of Bronte, however, his British titles descended by special remainder, together with his British estates, to his nephew Thomas Bolton, who assumed the surname "Nelson" in accordance with the terms of the bequest.
Through his wife he inherited the Castello di Nelson, a grand manor house built by Horatio Nelson, and its large estate between Bronte and Maniace in Sicily[13] on the north-west foothills of Mount Etna, held by his descendants until 1982. He found the local inhabitants "turbulent, restless people" troublesome to the management of the estate, and like his brother the Admiral he never set foot in it.[14]
Through his daughter Charlotte, he was a grandfather of Maj.-Gen. Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort (1850–1916), who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.[15]
Through his son Alexander, he was a grandfather of Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport (1839–1924); Commander Hon. Horatio Nelson Sandys Hood (1843–1881); Hon. Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th Duke of Bronte (1854–1937);[16] Hon. Alfred Nelson Hood (1858–1918); Hon. Victor Albert Nelson Hood (1862–1929), Chamberlain to the Governor-General of Australia and Private Secretary to the Governor of Western Australia and the Governor of New South Wales;[17] and Hon. Mary Hood (1846–1909) (wife of Hugh Seymour, 6th Marquess of Hertford).[15]
Through his daughter Frances, he was a grandfather of William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran (1849–1925); Arthur Melville Walrond (1861–1946); Katherine Mary Walrond (1846–1934), who married Charles Arthur Williams Troyte of Huntsham Court; Margaret Walrond, who married Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton of Heatnton Satchville; and Gertrude Walrond (1853–1920), who married Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet, of Holnicote.[15]
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