'Hood01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Hood Lord Bridport, Hood of Mosterton, Hood of St. Audries, Hood of Whitley

                               
Alexander Hood of Mosterton, Dorset
m. Elizabeth Beach (dau of Rev. _ Beach)
1. Alexander Hood of Mosterton
  A. Arthur Hood of Mosterton (d unm)
  B. Samuel Hood of Kingsland, Dorst
  m. Anne Bere (d 1775, dau of James Bere of Westbury)
  i. Samuel Hood
ii. Alexander Hood (b 23.04.1758, Captain RN)
  m. (11.07.1792) Elizabeth Periam (dau of John Periam of Butleigh Wottton)
  a. Sir Alexander Hood 'of Wootton House', 2nd Bart (b 05.07.1793, d 07.03.1851) had issue
  m. (03.08.1815) Amelia Anne Bateman (dau of Sir Hugh Batemant, 1st Bart of Hartlington)
Alexander inherited the baronetcy from his uncle. Their elder son's eldest son became 1st Baron St. Audries.
  b. Elizabeth Periam Hood
  m. (07.12.1837) Francis Lunn (vicar of Butleigh)
  iii. Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Bart of St. Audries, Somerset (b 27.11.1762, dsp 24.12.1814, Admiral)
  m. (06.11.1804) Mary Frederica Elizabeth Mackenzie (dau of Francis, Lord Seaforth)
2. Samuel Hood (prebendary of Wells, vicar of Butleigh then Thorncomb, 3rd son)
  m. Mary Hoskyns (d 10.10.1766, dau of Richard Hoskyns of Beaminster)
A. Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley (b 12.12.1724, d 27.01.1816, Admiral)
  m. (25.08.1749) Susannah Linzee, Baroness Hood of Catherington (b 19.06.1726, d 25.05.1806, dau of Edward Linzee, Mayor of Portsmouth, by Anne, dau of Robert Newnham of Portsmouth)
  i. Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood of Whitley (b 25.08.1753, d 25.01.1836)
  m. (10.09.1774) Jane Wheler (d 06.12.1847, dau of Francis Wheler of Whitley)
  a. Francis Wheler Hood (b 1781-2, dvp 02.03.1814, Lt. Colonel) had issue
  m. (11.10.1804) Caroline Hamond (d 11.03.1858, dau of Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, 1st Bart)
  b. Samuel Hood, 2nd Lord Bridport (b 07.12.1788, d 06.01.1868) had issue
  Alexander inherited the barony from his great-uncle. His elder son was created 1st Viscount Bridport.
  m. (03.07.1810) Charlotte Mary Nelson, Duchess of Bronte (d 29.01.1873, dau/heir of William Nelson, 1st Earl)
  c. Susannah Hood (d 1823)
  m. Rev. R.G. Richards
  d. Selina Hood (d 17.01.1863)
  m. (1805) Sir Francis Mason (d 27.05.1853, Vice Admiral)
  B. Alexander Hood, 1st Lord Bridport of Cricket St. Thomas, 1st Viscount Bridport (b 02.12.1726, dsp 03.05.1814, Admiral)
  m1. (1761) Maria West (d 12.09.1786, dau of Rev. Richard West by Mary Temple, sister of Richard, Viscount Cobham)
  m2. (26.06.1788) Maria Sophia Bray (b c1745, d 18.02.1831, dau/heir of Thomas Bray of Edmonton by Elizabeth Sadlier)

Main source(s): BP1934 (St. Audries), BP1934 (Hood), BP1934 (Bridport)
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