Of Whitley Abbey, the son of the admiral (d. 1816); he was commander of the Portsmouth Volunteers (1803) and succeeded to his mother's barony in 1806. He was Lord Chamberlain to Queen Caroline.

CORRESPONDENCE OF Henry Hood, second viscount Hood:

Viscount Hood to Henry Brougham, 21 July 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Viscount Hood to Henry Brougham, 8 August 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)