Lord Samuel Hood portrait 1795

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Lord Samuel Hood portrait 1795

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Framed mezzotint portrait of "The Right Honourable Hood, Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet in the Mediterranean," London, Caroline St., Bedford Square, 1795.

43.7 x 66.4 cm.

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Abbott, L. H., artist.

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Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816

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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (b. 12 December 1724, Butleigh, England–d. 27 January 1816. London, England) was an officer in the British Royal Navy. The son of Samuel Hood, a vicar, he entered the Royal Navy in 1741 and served on Ludlow. He became a lieutenant in 1746 and was commander of Jamaica in 1754. During the Revolutionary War battle of the Mona Passage, Hood led the British Fleet and later became the commander of Mediterranean Fleet in 1793 during the French Revolution. He rose to admir...