Viscount Bridgeport

Sir Alexander Hood (1726-1814), the younger brother of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816), was an outstanding naval commander. In 1794, the title of Baron Bridport was created for him in the Irish Peer system with the right of succession for his great-grand nephew Samuel Hood, the second son of Henry Hood (later the 2nd Viscount Hood) and the grandson of the 1st Viscount Hood. Alexander Hood, the uncle of the first Viscount Hood and the first Viscount Bridport, was the ancestor of the Baronets Fuller-Ekland-Hood St. Audrey and the Barons St. Audrey. In 1796, the title of Baron Bridport from Cricket St. Thomas in Somerset County ( United Kingdom ) was created for Alexander Hood; on June 16, 1800 he received the Viscount Bridport title from Cricket St. Thomas in Somerset County ( United Kingdom ). The last two titles were created with the right to inherit by his male descendants. Alexander Hood was a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain from Bridgewater (1784-1790) and Buckingham (1790-1796).

In 1814, Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridgeport, died without male offspring in 1814 . The titles of Baron Bridport and Viscount Bridport were interrupted after his death. However, the title of Baron Bridport Creation of 1794 was inherited by his aforementioned grand-nephew , Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788-1868). He sat in the House of Commons from Heightsbury (1812-1818). In 1810, 2nd Baron Bridgeport married Lady Charlotte Mary Nelson, 2nd Duchess of Bronte (1787–1873), the only daughter and heiress of William Nelson, 1st Earl of Nelson , older brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson . Lord Bridport was succeeded by his son, Alexander Nelson Hood, 3rd Baron Bridport (1814-1904), who was a general in the British Army. On July 6, 1868, the Viscount Bridesport title was created for him from Cricket St. Thomas in the counties of Somerset and Bronte ( United Kingdom Peersty ). In 1873, he also inherited from his mother the title of Duke of Bronte (Duca di Bronté) in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . This ducal title was granted to his ancestor Horatio Nelson in 1799 by King Ferdinand I as a reward for supporting his kingdom.

He was succeeded in 1904 by his eldest son, Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport (1839-1924). His younger brother, the Honorable Sir Alexander Nelson Hood (1854-1937) received the title of 5th Duke of Bronte. The 2nd Viscount Bridport, a member of the Conservative Party, represented West Somerset (1868-1880) in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his grandson, Rowland Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (1911-1969). He was the son of the venerable Maurice Henry Nelson Hood (1881-1915), who died in the battle of Gallipoli in 1915 . Lord Bridport was a lieutenant commander of the Royal Navy and from 1939 to 1940 served as Lord while awaiting the government of Neville Chamberlain .

As of 2013, the title holder was his son, Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport and 7th Duke of Bronte (born 1948), who succeeded his father in 1969 .

• 1800-1814: Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridgeport (December 2, 1726 - May 2, 1814), second son of Rev. Samuel Hood (d. 1777), younger brother of Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood

• 1794-1814: Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 1st Baron Bridport (December 2, 1726 - May 2, 1814), the second son of Rev. Samuel Hood (d. 1777)
• 1814-1868: Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (September 7, 1788 - January 6, 1868), second (youngest) son of Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood (1753-1836), granddaughter of the previous
• 1868-1904: Alexander Nelson Goode, 3rd Baron Bridport (December 23, 1814 - June 4, 1904), the eldest son of the previous, Viscount Bridgeport since 1868.

• 1868-1904: Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridesport (December 23, 1814 - June 4, 1904), the eldest son of Samuel Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridesport
• 1904-1924: Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridgeport (December 15, 1839 - March 28, 1924), the eldest son of the previous
• 1924-1969: Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport (May 22, 1911 - July 25, 1969), the only son of the Honorable Maurice Henry Nelson Hood (1881-1915), the second son of the previous
• 1969 - present: Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridgeport (born March 17, 1948), the only son of a previous second marriage
  • Heir to the title: Hon. Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (born August 30, 1974), the only son of the previous one from his first marriage
  • Heir to the heir: Hon. Anthony Nelson Hood (born January 7, 1983), the half-brother of the previous one.

• 1799-1805: Horatio Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 - October 21, 1805), son of the parish priest Edmund Nelson (1722-1802) and Catherine Sackling (1725-1767)
• 1805-1835: William Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte, 1st Earl of Nelson (April 20, 1757 - February 28, 1835), older brother of the previous
• 1835-1873: Charlotte Maria Nelson, 3rd Duchess of Bronte (September 20, 1787 - January 29, 1873), the only daughter of the previous one. Since 1810, the wife of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788-1868)
• 1873-1904: Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Duke of Bronte, 1st Viscount Bridgeport (December 23, 1814 - June 4, 1904), the eldest son of the previous
• 1904-1937: Hon. Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th Duke of Bronte (June 28, 1854 - June 1, 1937), fourth son of the previous
• 1937-1969: Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 6th Duke of Bronte, 3rd Viscount Bridport (May 22, 1911 - July 25, 1969), the only son of the Honorable Maurice Henry Nelson Hood (1881-1915), second son of Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridgeport (1839–1924), nephew of the previous
• 1969 - present: Alexander Nelson Hood, 7th Duke of Bronte, 4th Viscount Bridgeport (born March 17, 1948), the only son of a previous second marriage
  • Heir: Hon. Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood (born August 30, 1974), the only son of the previous from his first marriage.

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