British naval officer, born in London on the 2nd of October 1870, the third son of the 4th Viscount Hood and a lineal descendant of the 1st viscount, Adml. Sir Samuel Hood, captor of Corsica in 1793. He entered the navy in 1883, won many prizes, and was promoted lieutenant in 1890. He saw service on the Nile (1897–98), being in consequence promoted commander. In 1903 he was promoted captain and served in the Somaliland expedition (1903–04), being awarded the D.S.O. (1904). He commanded a small squadron of battle cruisers in the battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916) and went down on his flagship “Invincible.”
