Alexander Hood, viscount Bridport

(1726-1814)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hood, Alexander Hood, Viscount, 1726-1814 NRA: Hood Alexander (1727-1814) 1st Viscount Bridport Admiral DNB: Hood, Alexander, Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), naval officer and politician LBT ID: LdBridp1	B/BAP: 1726-12-02 DIED: 1814-05-02
SOURCES: DNB; thePeerage.com
The the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, he was an MP, naval officer, and he was commander of the Channel Fleet (1795-1800).
REFERENCES TO Alexander Hood, viscount Bridport: Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 5 May 1798 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. V. 1797