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Samuel Hood

(Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816)

Caption from the museum's website

A half-length portrait to right, wearing flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, and white wig. The background consists of blue sky and the lower half forms a painted oval. Hood served under Sir George Rodney in the West Indies and as commander of the rear squadron at the Battle of the Saints, 1782, he received the surrender of de Grasse, the French Admiral. In 1793, when Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, he occupied Toulon. This was his last active service before he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death. The artist was a pupil and assistant of Reynolds and practised portraiture at Plymouth until 1777, when he went to Italy to study, before settling in London in 1781. There is another version of this portrait in the City of Manchester collection. The NMM version is signed and dated 1784 on the back.

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, Hood drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in 1757 during the Seven Years' War. He held senior command as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station and then as Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station. (From Wikipedia)

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Hannay, David, 1853-1934

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An Appeal to the World: or, A Vindication of the Town of Boston, From Many False and Malicious Aspersions, Contained in Certain Letters and Memorials, Written by Governor Bernard, General Gage, Commodore Hood, the Commissioners of the American Board of Customs, and Others, and By The Respectively Transmitted to the British Ministry (Boston: Printed by Edes and Gill, 1770)

3 additional books about Samuel Hood in the extended shelves:

From Howard to Nelson: twelve sailors (Lawrence and Bullen, ltd., 1899), by John Knox Laughton (page images at HathiTrust)
Lord Hood and the defence of Toulon (The University Press, 1922), by J. Holland Rose (page images at HathiTrust)
From Howard to Nelson : twelve sailors (Heinemann, 1907), by John Knox Laughton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Books by Samuel Hood:

Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816: Letters Written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3, Illustrated by Extracts From Logs and Public Records (London: Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1895), ed. by David Hannay (multiple formats at archive.org)

Additional books by Samuel Hood in the extended shelves:

Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816: Letters to the ministry, from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood : and also, memorials to the lords of the treasury, from the commissioners of the custom. With sundry letters and papers annexed to the said memorials. (printed by Edes and Gill, Printers to the Honourable House of Representatives, 1769), also by Massachusetts. Governor (1760-1770 : Bernard) and Thomas Gage (page images at HathiTrust)
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816: Letters to the Ministry from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood. And also memorials to the Lords of the Treasury, from the Commissioners of the Customs. : With sundry letters and papers annexed to the said memorials. (Boston: : Printed by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street,, 1769), also by Francis Bernard, Thomas Gage, and Great Britain. Commissioners of Customs in America (HTML at Evans TCP)
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816: Letters written by Sir Samuel Hood (Viscount Hood) in 1781-2-3, illustrated by extracts from logs and public records (Printed for the Navy Records Society, 1895), also by David Hannay, Spottiswoode & Co, and Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

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