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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (died 1816)

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Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Royal Navy officer and politician (1724–1816)

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of Antelope, Hood drove a French ship ashore in Audierne Bay, and captured two privateers in…
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December 12

Day of the year

December 12 is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year.
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