Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
The Lord Hood of Avalon | |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (Ottoman Empire)Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class |
First Naval Lord in June 1885 and in that role was primarily concerned with enshrining into law the recommendations contained in a report on the disposition of the ships of the Royal Navy many of which were unarmoured and together incapable of meeting the combined threat from any two of the other naval powers ("the Two-power Standard"): these recommendations were contained in the Naval Defence Act 1889
.
Early career
Hood was born the younger son of
Alexander Hood, had been killed in action during the French Revolutionary Wars; he fell whilst in command of HMS Mars, in action with the French 74-gun ship Hercule on 2 April 1798.[1]
Hood entered the
naval brigade and took part in the defence of Eupatoria in November 1854 during the Crimean War.[3] He was appointed to the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, 5th class for his services in the Crimea.[4]
Promoted to
China Station in May 1856, and arrived in time to take part in the destruction of the junks in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 and in the Battle of Canton in December 1857 during the Second Opium War.[3]
Promoted to
Companion of the Order of the Bath on 20 May 1871,[7] he became captain of the turret ship HMS Monarch in the Channel Squadron in June 1874.[3]
Senior command
Promoted to
vice admiral on 23 July 1880.[9]
Hood was appointed
Trafalgar-class battleships entered service.[1] However he was primarily concerned with enshrining into law the recommendations contained in a report on the disposition of the ships of the Royal Navy many of which were unarmoured and together incapable of meeting the combined threat from any two of the other naval powers ("the Two-power Standard"): these recommendations were contained in the Naval Defence Act 1889.[1] He retired on attaining the age of sixty-five in July 1889.[12]
Hood was advanced to
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 3 September 1889[13] and raised to the peerage as Baron Hood of Avalon, in the County of Somerset on 23 February 1892,[14] a title that became extinct on his death.[2] After two years of ill health,[2] he died at his nephew's house in Glastonbury on 16 November 1901 and was buried at Butleigh in Somerset on 23 November 1901.[1]
Family
In 1855 Hood married Fanny Henrietta, daughter of Sir Charles Maclean, 9th Baronet; they had two daughters.[1] Emily born 1859 married the cricketer Francis MacKinnon; whilst his second child Fanny Sophia married Henry Allen in 1895.[15]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33966. Retrieved 26 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d (Laughton 1911, p. 668)
- ^ a b c d e "William Loney RN". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "No. 22122". The London Gazette. 3 April 1858. p. 1736.
- ^ "No. 21656". The London Gazette. 30 January 1855. p. 352.
- ^ "No. 22104". The London Gazette. 26 February 1858. p. 1028.
- ^ "No. 23739". The London Gazette. 20 May 1871. p. 2473.
- ^ "No. 24309". The London Gazette. 28 March 1876. p. 2155.
- ^ "No. 24869". The London Gazette. 30 July 1880. p. 4211.
- ^ "No. 25551". The London Gazette. 22 January 1886. p. 329.
- ^ Heathcote 2002, p. 112.
- ^ "No. 25955". The London Gazette. 19 July 1889. p. 3895.
- ^ "No. 25970". The London Gazette. 3 September 1889. p. 4785.
- ^ "No. 26260". The London Gazette. 23 February 1892. p. 991.
- ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 484.
Sources
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )
- Heathcote, Tony (2002). The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Pen & Sword Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-835-6.
- public domain: Laughton, John Knox (1911). "Hood of Avalon, Arthur William Acland Hood, Baron". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 668.
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