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Samuel Hood, Lord Bridport, an albumen print carte de visite by Camille Silvy, in his friend Colonel Bisse-Challoner's album
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Born | 7 September 1788 |
Died | 6 January 1868 (aged 79) |
Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (7 September 1788 – 6 January 1868) succeeded his great-uncle Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport as Baron Bridport.
Hood was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A. degree in 1809. He married Charlotte Mary Nelson on 3 July 1810 in Marylebone, London. They had nine children.
Hood was a Tory Member of Parliament for Heytesbury from 1812 to 1818.