Admiral Samuel Hood

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British peer Royal Navy officer admiral human

Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood	19
Samuel Hood	11
Admiral Sir Samuel Hood	3
Sir Samuel Hood	2
Admiral Samuel Hood canonical	1
Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet	1
Viscount Hood	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T326452 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Admiral Samuel Hood
Context triple: [Siege of Toulon, commander, Admiral Samuel Hood]

A. Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was a renowned British admiral celebrated for his decisive naval victories against France and his leadership during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
B. Admiral Edward Vernon
Admiral Edward Vernon was an 18th-century British naval officer whose military fame led George Washington’s family to name their Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, in his honor.
C. Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
D. George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
E. Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Admiral Samuel Hood
Target entity description: Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.

A. Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson was a renowned British admiral celebrated for his decisive naval victories against France and his leadership during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
B. Admiral Edward Vernon
Admiral Edward Vernon was an 18th-century British naval officer whose military fame led George Washington’s family to name their Virginia estate, Mount Vernon, in his honor.
C. Alexander Cochrane
Alexander Cochrane was a British Royal Navy admiral who led naval operations against the United States during the War of 1812, including the campaign that culminated in the Battle of Baltimore.
D. George Cockburn
George Cockburn was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for leading raids along the American coast during the War of 1812, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
E. Lord Jellicoe
Lord Jellicoe was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland during World War I and later serving in senior naval and imperial administrative roles.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British peer ⓘ Royal Navy officer ⓘ admiral ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Knight of the Order of the Bath ⓘ linked to: Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath
burialPlace	St Mary the Virgin Church, Butleigh ⓘ
child	Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1724-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1816-01-27 ⓘ
familyName	Hood ⓘ
givenName	Samuel ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Admiral ⓘ The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor	leadership in American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary naval campaigns ⓘ tactical skill in fleet actions ⓘ
memberOf	House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Admiral ⓘ Rear Admiral ⓘ Vice Admiral ⓘ
nobleTitle	Baron Hood ⓘ Viscount Hood ⓘ linked to: Admiral Samuel Hood
notableCommanderOf	Channel Fleet ⓘ Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
notableWork	command at the Battle of Saint Kitts (1782) ⓘ command at the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) as British fleet commander ⓘ command at the Battle of the Mona Passage (1782) ⓘ command in the Mediterranean during the early French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ command of British fleet in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ occupation and evacuation of Toulon (1793) ⓘ linked to: Siege of Toulon
occupation	naval officer ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Butleigh, Somerset, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bath, Somerset, England ⓘ
positionHeld	Admiral of the Blue ⓘ Admiral of the Red ⓘ Admiral of the White ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ Commander-in-Chief, North American Station ⓘ First Naval Lord ⓘ linked to: First Lord of the Admiralty Member of Parliament ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport ⓘ
spouse	Susannah Linzee ⓘ

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