Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
| The Lord Hood of Avalon | |
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Lord Hood of Avalon
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| Born |
14 July 1824 Bath, Somerset |
| Died | 16 November 1901 (aged 77) Glastonbury, Somerset |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1836–1889 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
First Naval Lord Channel Fleet HMS Monarch HMS Excellent HMS Pylades HMS Acorn |
| Battles/wars |
Oriental Crisis Crimean War Second Opium War |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class (Ottoman Empire) |
Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon, GCB (14 July 1824 – 16 November 1901) was an officer of the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he took part in the capture of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840 and went ashore with the naval brigade at the defence of Eupatoria in November 1854 during the Crimean War. He became First Naval Lord in June 1885 and in that role was primarily concerned with enshrining into law the recommendations contained in a report on the disposition of the ships of the Royal Navy many of which were unarmoured and together incapable of meeting the combined threat from any two of the other naval powers ("the Two-power Standard"): these recommendations were contained in the Naval Defence Act 1889.
Hood was born the younger son of Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet and Amelia Anne Hood (née Bateman). His grandfather, Captain Alexander Hood, had been killed in action during the French Revolutionary Wars; he fell whilst in command of HMS Mars, in action with the French 74-gun ship Hercule on 2 April 1798.
Hood entered the Royal Navy in 1836 and served on the north coast of Spain and afterwards on the coast of Syria taking part in the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Oriental Crisis. Promoted to lieutenant on 9 January 1846, he joined the fourth-rate HMS President on the Cape of Good Hope Station that same month. In January 1850 he transferred to the fourth-rate HMS Arethusa serving with her in the Channel Squadron, in the Mediterranean Fleet and then in the Black Sea: he went ashore with the naval brigade and took part in the defence of Eupatoria in November 1854 during the Crimean War. He was appointed to the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, 5th class for his services in the Crimea.
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