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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Hood, Samuel, Viscount
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A distinguished admiral, born at Thorncombe; entered the navy in 1740, and rising rapidly in his profession evinced high qualities as a leader; in 1782 he brilliantly outmanoeuvred De Grasse in the West Indies, and under Rodney played a conspicuous part in the destruction of the French fleet at the battle of Dominica, for which he was rewarded with an Irish peerage; he defeated Fox in the celebrated Westminster election, became a Lord of the Admiralty, and as commander of the Mediterranean fleet during the revolutionary wars, captured the French fleet at Toulon and reduced Corsica; in 1796 he was created a viscount (1724-1816).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hood, Samuel, Viscount'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hood-samuel-viscount.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hood, Samuel, Viscount'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hood-samuel-viscount.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
