Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport


Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport 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.