See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

ARTHUR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• ACLAND, CHRISTIAN HENRIETTA CAROLINE (1750-1815)
• ACLAND, SIR HENRY WENTWORTH, BART

ACLAND See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

HOOD HOOD OF See also:

• AVALON (also written AVALLON, AVOLLON, AVILION and AVELION)

AVALON (1824-1901)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 14th of See also:

• JULY

July 1824, was the younger son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood of St Andries, See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, 2nd See also:

• BARONET

baronet, and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain Alexander Hood, R.N., who, when in command of the " See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars," See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in See also:

• ACTION

action with the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French 74-See also:

• GUN

gun See also:

• SHIP

ship " Hercule," 21st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1798 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve Hood entered the See also:

• NAVY

navy, and whilst still a boy saw active service on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, and afterwards on the coast of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria . After passing through the established course of gunnery on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board the " Excellent " in 1844-1845, he went out to the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope as gunnery See also:

• MATE (a corruption of make, from O. Eng. gemaca, a " comrade ")
• MATE, or PARAGUAY TEA

mate of the " See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President," the See also:

• FLAGSHIP

flagship of See also:

• REAR

Rear-Admiral Dacres, by whom, on the 9th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1846, he was promoted to be See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . As gunnery lieutenant he continued in the " President " till 1849; and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed to the " See also:

• ARETHUSA

Arethusa " See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate, then commissioned for the Mediterranean by Captain See also:

• SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON (184o-180, English critic and poet, was born at Bristol, on the 5th of October 184o. He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807—1871)
• SYMONDS, WILLIAM SAMUEL (1818-1887)

Symonds, afterwards the well-known admiral of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet . The outbreak of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war made the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission a very See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long one; and on the 27th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 18 J4 Hood was promoted to be See also:

• COMMANDER

commander in recognition of his service with the See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade before Sebastopol . In 18J5 he married Fanny Henrietta, daughter of Sir C . F . Maclean . In 1856 he commissioned the " See also:

• ACORN

Acorn " brig for the See also:

• CHINA

China station, and arrived in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to take See also:

• PART

part in the destruction of the junks in Fatshan See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

creek on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1857, and in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• CANTON
• CANTON (borrowed from the Ital. cantone, a corner or angle)
• CANTON (more correctly KWANG-CHOW Fu)
• CANTON, JOHN (1718-1772)

Canton in the following See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, for which, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1858, he received a See also:

• POST

post-captain's commission . From 1862 to 1866 he commanded. the " Pylades " on the North See also:

• AMERICAN

American station, and was then appointed to the command of the " Excellent " and the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the Royal Naval See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth . This was essentially a gunnery See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment, and on the expiration of three years Hood was made Director of Naval See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

Ordnance . He was thoroughly acquainted with the routine See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and the established armament of the navy, but he had not the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of adapting himself to the changes which were being called for, and still less of initiating them; so that during his See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of office the armament of the See also:

• SHIPS

ships remained sadly behind the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general advance .

In June 1874 he was appointed to the command of the " Monarch " in the Channel Fleet, from which he was relieved in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1876 by his promotion to See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . From 1877 to 1879 he was a junior See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty, and from 188o to 1882 he commanded the Channel Fleet, becoming See also:

• VICE

vice-admiral on 23rd July 1880 . In June 1885 he was appointed first See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea lord of the Admiralty . The intense conservatism of his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, however, and his antagonistic attitude towards every See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, regardless of whether it was necessary or not, had much to do with the alarming See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the navy towards 1889 . In that year, on attaining the age of sixty-five, he was placed on the retired See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list and resigned his post at the Admiralty- . After two years of continued See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, he died on the 15th of November 1901, and was buried at Butleigh on the 23rd . He had been promoted to the rank of admiral on the 18th of January 1886; was made K.C.B. in December 1885; G.C.B. in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1889; and in February 1892 was raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as Lord Hood of See also:

• AVALON (also written AVALLON, AVOLLON, AVILION and AVELION)

Avalon, but on his See also:

• DEATH

death the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct . (J . K .