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Biography of Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet 1793-1851

Paternal Family Tree: Hood

On 5th July 1793 Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet was born to Alexander Hood (age 35).

In 1798 [his father] Alexander Hood (age 40) died.

On 1st April 1809 [his uncle] Samuel Hood 1st Baronet (age 46) was created 1st Baronet Hood of Tidlake in Surrey with remainder to his nephew Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet (age 15).

On 24th December 1814 [his uncle] Samuel Hood 1st Baronet (age 52) died. His nephew Alexander (age 21) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hood of Tidlake in Surrey.

Before 20th April 1819 Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Amelia Anne Bateman Lady Hood were married. She by marriage Lady Hood of Tidlake in Surrey.

On 20th April 1819 [his son] Alexander Hood 3rd Baronet was born to Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet (age 25) and [his wife] Amelia Anne Bateman Lady Hood.

In 1847 Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet (age 53) was elected MP Somerset West which seat he held until his death on 7th March 1851.

In 1849 [his son] Alexander Hood 3rd Baronet (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Isabel Harriet Fuller-Palmer-Acland Lady Hood (age 16) were married. They had nine children.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 7th March 1851 Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet (age 57) died. His son [his son] Alexander (age 31) succeeded 3rd Baronet Hood of Tidlake in Surrey. [his daughter-in-law] Isabel Harriet Fuller-Palmer-Acland Lady Hood (age 18) by marriage Lady Hood of Tidlake in Surrey.

Ancestors of Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet 1793-1851

Great x 3 Grandfather: Tremor Hood

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Hood

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Hood

GrandFather: Samuel Hood

Father: Alexander Hood

Alexander Hood 2nd Baronet