Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

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.

Read more about Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport:  Early Life, Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War

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