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