Viscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain

Peerage of Great Britain

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 that was created in 1796 for the famous naval commander Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Baron Hood

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...

. He had already been created a Baronet, of Catherington, in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 20 May 1778, and Baron Hood, of Catherington in the County of Southampton, in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

 in 1782. In 1795 his wife Susannah was created Baroness Hood, of Catherington in the County of Southampton, in her own right, in the Peerage of Great Britain. They were both succeeded by their son Henry, the second Viscount. His grandson, the third Viscount, assumed in 1840 by Royal license the additional surname of Tibbits, which was that of his father-in-law. His great-grandson, the sixth Viscount, was a Diplomat and notably served as Minister at the British Embassy in Washington from 1958 to 1962 and as Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1962 and 1969. As of 2009 the titles are held by the latter's nephew, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1999.

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport

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, was the younger brother of the first Viscount Hood. In 1794 he had been created Baron Bridport in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to his great-nephew Samuel Hood, the second son of the second Viscount Hood, who succeeded to the barony on Lord Bridport's death in 1814 while the viscountcy became extinct. In 1868 the latter's son, the third Baron, was again created 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,...

 (see this title for later history of these peerages). Also, Alexander Hood, uncle of the first Viscount Hood and first Viscount Bridport, was the ancestor of the Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronets of St Audries and the Barons St Audries

Baron St Audries

There have been three Baronetcies created for people with the surname Hood, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...

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Viscounts Hood (1796)

• Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
  
   (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 Lyttelton Alexander Hood, 8th Viscount Hood (b. 1958)

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....

is the present holder's son the Hon. Archibald Lyttelton Samuel Hood (b. 1993)

Barons Hood (1795)

• Susannah Hood, 1st Baroness Hood (d. 1806)
• Henry Hood, 2nd Baron Hood (1753–1836) (succeeded as Viscount Hood in 1816)

see above for later holders