Admiral Samuel Hood

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British peer Royal Navy officer admiral human

Admiral Samuel Hood was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and fleet commander renowned for his leadership in major naval engagements of the American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary Wars.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British peer → Royal Navy officer → admiral → human →
awardReceived	Knight of the Order of the Bath →
burialPlace	St Mary the Virgin Church, Butleigh →
child	Henry Hood, 2nd Viscount Hood →
conflict	American Revolutionary War → French Revolutionary Wars → Seven Years' War →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1724-12-12 →
dateOfDeath	1816-01-27 →
familyName	Hood →
givenName	Samuel →
honorificPrefix	Admiral → The Right Honourable →
knownFor	leadership in American Revolutionary and French Revolutionary naval campaigns → tactical skill in fleet actions →
memberOf	House of Commons of Great Britain → House of Lords →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral → Rear Admiral → Vice Admiral →
nobleTitle	Baron Hood → Viscount Hood →
notableCommanderOf	Channel Fleet → Mediterranean Fleet →
notableWork	command at the Battle of Saint Kitts (1782) → command at the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781) as British fleet commander → command at the Battle of the Mona Passage (1782) → command in the Mediterranean during the early French Revolutionary Wars → command of British fleet in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War → occupation and evacuation of Toulon (1793) →
occupation	naval officer → politician →
placeOfBirth	Butleigh, Somerset, England →
placeOfDeath	Bath, Somerset, England →
positionHeld	Admiral of the Blue → Admiral of the Red → Admiral of the White → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet → Commander-in-Chief, North American Station → First Naval Lord → Member of Parliament →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport →
spouse	Susannah Linzee →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Chesapeake ("Samuel Hood") → Siege of Toulon →	commander
British Channel Fleet ("Admiral Sir Samuel Hood") → HMS Victory ("Samuel Hood") →	notableCommander
Mount Hood ("Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood") →	namedAfter
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood ("Viscount Hood") →	nobleTitle
Battle of the Nile ("Samuel Hood") →	notableParticipant