Admiral of the Red Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, Hood drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in 1757 during the Seven Years' War. He held senior command as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station.
- Occupation
- politician, admiral
- Position held
- member of the 16th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain, First Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
