See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

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

HOOD (1762-1814)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin of 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 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 and of Lord See also:

• BRIDPORT
• BRIDPORT, ALEXANDER HOOD, VISCOUNT (1727-1814)

Bridport, entered the Royal See also:

• NAVY

Navy in 1776 . His first engagement was the See also:

• BATTLE

battle off See also:

• USHANT (Fr. Ouessant)

Ushant in 1778, and, soon afterwards transferred to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, he was See also:

• PRESENT

present, under the command of his cousin See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Hood, at all the actions which culminated in See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney's victory of See also:

• APRIL

April 12th, 1782 . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, like many other British See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, he spent some 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 in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and on his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was given the command of a See also:

• SLOOP

sloop, from which he proceeded in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to various frigates . In the " See also:

• JUNO

Juno " his gallant See also:

• RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)

rescue of some shipwrecked See also:

• SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

seamen won him a See also:

• VOTE

vote of thanks and a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour from the See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1793 the " Juno " went to the Mediterranean under Lord Hood, and her See also:

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

captain distinguished himself by an audacious feat of coolness and See also:

• SEAMANSHIP

seamanship in extricating his See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel from the See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of See also:

• TOULON

Toulon, which he had entered in See also:

• IGNORANCE (Lat. ignorantia, from ignorare, not to know); want of knowledge, a state of mind which in law has important consequences. A well-known legal maxim runs: ignorantia juris non excusat ("ignorance of the law does not excuse")

ignorance of Lord Hood's withdrawal . Soon afterwards he was put in command of a See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron for the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Levantine See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, and in 1797 he was given the " Zealous " (74), in which he was present at See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson's unsuccessful attack on See also:

• SANTA

Santa Cruz . It was Captain Hood who conducted the negotiations which relieved the squadron from the consequences of its failure . The See also:

• PART

part played by the " Zealous " at the battle of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile was brilliant . Her first opponent she put out of See also:

• ACTION

action in twelve minutes, and, passing on, Hood immediately engaged other See also:

• SHIPS

ships, the " Guerrier " being See also:

• LEFT

left powerless to See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire a shot . When Nelson left the See also:

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

coast of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, Hood commanded the blockading force off See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria and See also:

• ROSETTA (Coptic Rashit, Arabic Rashid)

Rosetta . Later he rejoined Nelson on the coast of the two Sicilies, receiving for his services the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of St See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand . In the " See also:

• VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)

Venerable " Hood was present at the action of Algesiras and the battle in the Straits of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar (18oi) .

In the Straits his See also:

• SHIP

ship suffered heavily, losing 130 officers and men . A See also:

• YEAR

year later Captain Hood was employed in See also:

• TRINIDAD

Trinidad as a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner, and, upon the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

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

flag officer commanding the Leeward station, he succeeded him as See also:

• COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore . See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island after island See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to him, and soon, outside See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique, the See also:

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

French had scarcely a foothold in the West Indies . Amongst other See also:

• MEASURES

measures taken by Hood may be mentioned the garrisoning of See also:

• DIAMOND

Diamond See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock, which he commissioned as a sloop-of-See also:

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

war to See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade the approaches of Martinique (see See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James, Naval See also:

• HISTORY

History, iii . 245) . For these successes he received, amongst other rewards, the K.B . In command next of the squadron blockading See also:

• ROCHEFORT
• ROCHEFORT, HENRI, MARQUIS DE

Rochefort, Sir Samuel Hood had a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp fight, on r 5th See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1805, with a small French squadron which was trying to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape . Amongst the few casualties on this occasion was the Commodore, who lost an See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm . Promoted See also:

• REAR

rear-admiral a few days after this action, Hood was in 1807 entrusted with the operations against See also:

• MADEIRA
• MADEIRA, or THE MADE1RAS

Madeira, which he brought to a successful conclusion, and a year later went to the Baltic, with his flag in the " Centaur," to take part in the war between See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden . In one of the actions of this war the " Centaur " and " Implacable," unsupported by the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish ships (which See also:

• LAY

lay to leeward), cut out the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian 8o-See also:

• GUN

gun ship " Sevolod from the enemy's See also:

• LINE

line and, after a desperate fight, forced her to strike . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Sweden rewarded the admiral with the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• CROSS

Cross of the Order of the Sword . Present in the roads of See also:

• CORUNNA
• CORUNNA (Span. La Coruna; Fr. La Corogne; Eng. formerly often The Groyne)

Corunna at the re-embarkation of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore, Hood thence returned to the Mediterranean, where for two years he commanded a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the British See also:

• FLEET

fleet .

In 1811 he became vice-admiral . In his last command, that of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies station, he carried out many salutary reforms, especially in matters of discipline and victualling . He died at See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, 24th See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1814 . A lofty See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column was raised to his memory on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill near Butleigh, See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire, and in Butleigh See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church is another memorial, with an inscription written by See also:

• SOUTHEY, ROBERT (1774-1843)

Southey . See Naval See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle, xvii . 1 (the material was furnished by Hood himself ; it does not go beyond 18o6) . His See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Captain 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 HOOD (1758-1798), entered the Royal Navy in 1767, and accompanied Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook in his second voyage See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world . Under Ho-We and Rodney he distinguished himself in the West Indies, and at the victory of April 12th, 1782, he was in command of one of Rodney's frigates . Under Sir Samuel Hood he then proceeded to the See also:

• MONA

Mona passage, where he captured the French corvette " See also:

• CERES

Ceres." With the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of his See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize, the See also:

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

Baron de Peroy, Hood became very intimate, and during the peace he paid a See also:

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

long visit to France as his See also:

• LATE

late prisoner's See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest . In the early part of the Revolutionary war, See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health kept him at See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, and it was not until 1797 that he went afloat again . His first experience was See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter; his ship, the " See also:

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

Mars," was unenviably prominent in the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny at Spithead . On April 21st, 1798, occurred the famous See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel of the " Mars " with the " Hercule," fought in the dusk near the Bec du Raz .

The two ships were of equal force, but the " Hercule " was newly commissioned, and after over an See also:

• HOUR

hour's fighting at See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close quarters she struck her flag, having lost over three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred men . The captain of the " Mars " was mortally wounded early in the fight, and died as the sword of the French captain was being put in his See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . The latter, L'Heritier, also died of his wounds . See Naval Chronicle, vi . 175; Ralfe, Naval See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies, iv . 48; James, Naval History, and See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

Chevalier, Hist. de la marine francaise sous la premiere rpublique .