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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Hood family canonical 14

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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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