254 HOOD. 17P6, A r ISCOUNT HOOD OF WHITLEY (»}, oo. Warwick, with s pension o £2,000 to him and liis two successors (>'). Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1795- 1S1H ; G-.C.B., 2 Jan. IS! 5. He »«. 25 Aug. 1749, at Portsmouth, Susanna, da. of Edward Linzek, many times niayor of that town, by Ann, da., and finally coheir of Robert Newnham of Portsmouth afsd. She. who was 6. l'.i and buji. 20 June 1726, at Portsmouth, was cr. BARONESS HOOD OF CA.THERINGTON, co. South- ampton, with rem. of that Barony to the heirs male of her body p»). She d. 25 May 1806, and was bur. 2 June in the cemetery of Greenwich Hospital. He il. at Uatli, 27 Jan. 1S16, aged 91. and was bur. as afsd." Will pr. 1816, Barony [G.B.] g, Henry (Hood), Baron IIoou of Catheuinoton, II. 180(5. only surv. s. and h., 6. 25 Aug. 1753, and 6a;;. 17 April, 1751, at Portsmouth, sue. (•> the Barony 25 May 1806, on the death of his mother, becoming, ten years later, 27 Jan. 1816, on the death of his father, Viscount Hood of Whitley [G.U.], and Bakon Hood or Catijehw.ton [J.]. He was Chamberlain of the Household () 1S20-21, to Caroliue, the Queen Consort, whom he accompanied, 19 July 1881, when she demanded admittance into Westm. Abbey for the coronation. He m. 10 Sep. 1774, at St. Michael's Coventry, Jane, da. an«l h. of Francis Wiiei.eu, of Whitley, co. Warwick, by Jane, da. of Abel Smith, of Nottingham. He d. 25 Jan. 18oV., aged 82. Will )*ir. Feb. 18:16. His widow (who survived her sou and grandson), d. 5 Dec. 18 17, aged !':!, at Whitley Abbey, co. Warwick. Will pr. Jan- ISIS. Viscountcy [G.B.] and Barony [I.] II. 1816. Viscountcy, ^ Samuel Hood (afterwards Hood-Tibbits),
- C tii V , ViscofNT Rood of Whiti.ky, &c, also Bahon Hood OV
111. s 1S3G. CatiieimnotoS [I.], grandson and h., being 2nd, but 1st Barony [(.] i BUrv . s . and h. of Limit. -Col. the Hon. F rancis Whaler III. ' Hood, by Caroline, da. of Sir Andrew Snaps HamoNd, 1st Bart, which Fvaneis was 1st s. and h. ap. of the 2d Viscount, but 'f. r.p., 2 March ISM, aged .'52, being killed in action at Aire, in France. He was b. 10 Jan. 180S, and fur. tn the pttvage 25 Jan. 1 8:!6. Having m. 27 June 1837, at St. John's, Paddington, Mary Isabella, da. and h. of Richard John Tihhits, of Barton Seagravc Hall, co. Northampton, by Horatia Charlotte, da. of Thomas Lockwood (and Charlotte, da. of Lord George Manneus-Slttox), he, by royal lie, 12 Feb. 1840, took the name of Tibbitt after that of llnid. Had. S May 1846, at -11, Bryanston square, Marylebone, Will pr. June, 1S16. His widow m. 5 May, IS 19, at St. Geo. Han. scp, George Ham., of Portslade, 00. Sussex, M.D., who (/. at Eastbourne 10 Sep. ( a ) Whitley was the property of his eldest son's wife. .See vol ii., page 2, note "h," nub " Brackley,' for a similar instance as early as 1(J16. I") " No family have had better fortune or more advancements in the navy than the Hoods. Samuel, Viscount Hood, hasbeeu as fortunate at land as at sea ; he has held at various times many lucrative and honourable situations, and has been loaded with honour as -we'll as places. In 1778 he was made a Baronet ; in 1788 an Irish Peer; in 1795 his wife was created an English Baroness, and in 1796 he was himself made an English Viscount." See Sir Kgnrton Brydges' " Biogr. I'cem/e," 1S0S. Lord Hood's brother, Alexander Hood, obtained, likewise, for naval services three peerages, viz. an Irish Barony (Bridport), in 1794 (with a spec. rem. under which it still exists), besides a Barony [G.B.] in 1795, and a Viscountcy [G.B.] in 1800. The motto of the family, " Vintii fecund**/* seems a vary appropriate one. (<:) The probable cause of a Peerage [G.B.] being conferred on her, instead of her husband, was in order that he should not vacate his seat in the House of Commons. («) He was one of the trio of the establishment at Brandenburg douse, alluded to in the well-known lines. of Theodore Hook " Lord Hood, lor a man ; for a maid, Lady Anne, And Alderman Wood for a beau, Mam ; lo, Mam. His companions being Sir Matthew Wood, Hart, (so cr. 18:37), alderman, and twice Lord Mayor of Loudon, and Lady Anne Hamilton, who d. unin., 10 Oct. 1816, aged 80.
