Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (born 30 August 1974) is the Heir Apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

 to the Duke of Bronté and Viscount Bridport

Viscount Bridport

Viscount Bridport is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation became extinct in 1814 while the second creation is still extant. Sir Alexander Hood, younger brother of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood,...

. He is the son of Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport and 7th Duke of Bronté, and his first wife Linda Jacqueline Paravicini. He is a direct descendant of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronté was the elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson....

, elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of...

Education

Hood was educated at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

, and Hertford College, Oxford University and has earned a MBA

Master of Business Administration

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 degree from INSEAD

INSEAD

INSEAD is an international graduate business school and research institution. It has campuses in Europe , Asia , and the Middle East , as well as a research center in Israel...

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Work

Hood works as a bond

Bond market

The bond market is a financial market where participants can issue new debt, known as the primary market, or buy and sell debt securities, known as the Secondary market, usually in the form of bonds. The primary goal of the bond market is to provide a mechanism for long term funding of public and...

 trader, from mid-2007 in London

London

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 UK, but formerly with his father's eponym

Eponym

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ously named company in Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

. He currently works in the Foreign Exchange Department of top U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley

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Family life

Hood's half-brother by his father is Hon. Anthony Nelson Hood, (b. 7 January 1983). He also has two half sisters from his mothers' 2nd marriage in 1983 to Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire

Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk

Michael John James George Robert Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk, 14th Earl of Berkshire , styled Viscount Andover until 1941, is an English peer...

, Lady Philippa Howard (born 6 January 1985) and Lady Natasha Howard (born 28 March 1987).

External links

• Bridport Investor Services - Geneva
• Hood's The Peerage entry