Hood family

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The Hood family is a British aristocratic lineage best known for its naval and political prominence, including several viscounts and admirals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British aristocratic family
associatedTitle Baron Hood of Avalon
linked to: Baron Hood

Viscount Bridport
associatedWithBranchOfService Royal Navy
country United Kingdom
fieldOfActivity naval warfare
parliamentary politics
hasCoatOfArmsElement anchors
naval symbolism
hasFamilySeat Butleigh Court (historically associated via Acland-Hood line)
linked to: Butleigh Court
hasHereditaryTitle yes
hasLegacy in British naval history
in British political history
hasMotto “Ventis secundis” (attributed to some Hood arms)
hasNamesake HMS Hood
HMS Hood (1891 armoured cruiser)
HMS Hood (1918 battlecruiser)
hasNavalTradition yes
hasNotableMember Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
Francis Wheler Hood
Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood
Horace Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
linked to: Admiral Samuel Hood
hasPoliticalTradition yes
hasTitle Baron Hood
Baronet
Viscount Hood
historicalEra 18th century
19th century
20th century
language English
linkedToPlace London
linked to: London, England

Somerset
nobleFamilyType peerage family
notableFor naval service
political service
service in First World War
service in Napoleonic Wars
service in wars against Revolutionary France
origin England
peerage Peerage of Great Britain
Peerage of the United Kingdom
politicalAffiliation Conservative Party (via some members)
socialClass nobility

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