Viscount Bridport

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Viscount Bridport is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation became extinct in 1814 while the second creation is still extant

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Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795.
Portrait of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, by Lemuel Francis Abbott, painted 1795.

Sir Alexander Hood, younger brother of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, was a prominent naval commander. In 1794 he was created Baron Bridport in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to his great-nephew Samuel Hood, second son of Henry Hood (later second Viscount Hood), eldest son of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, and in failure thereof to the heirs male of his uncle Alexander Hood (who was the ancestor of the Fuller-Acland-Hood Baronets of St Audries and the Barons St Audies). In 1796 he was created Baron Bridport, of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and in 1800 he was even further honoured when he was made Viscount Bridport, of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain. The latter titles were created with remainder to the heirs male of his body.

Lord Bridport died without male issue in 1814 when the barony of 1796 and the viscountcy became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the barony of 1794 according to the special remainder by his aforementioned great-nephew, Samuel Hood, the second Baron. He notably represented Heytesbury in Parliament. In 1810 he married Lady Charlotte Mary Nelson, 2nd Duchess of Bronté (in the Kingdom of the two Sicilies), the only surviving child and heiress of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, elder brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (on whom the Dukedom had been conferred). Lord Bridport was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. He was a General in the Army. In 1868 he was created Viscount Bridport, of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset and of Bronté in the Kingdom of Italy, a revival of the title given to his great-great-uncle sixty-eight years earlier. In 1873 he also inherited the title of Duke of Bronté from his mother.

His son, the second Viscount, represented West Somerset in Parliament as a Conservative. As of 2006 the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1969. As a descendant of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

[edit] Barons Bridport (1794)

[edit] Viscounts Bridport (1868)

  • Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814-1904)
  • Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport (1839-1924)
  • Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport (1911-1969)
  • Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport (b. 1948)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (b. 30 August 1974)

[edit] Dukes of Bronté (1799)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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