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died May 25, 1S06, lie had ifTue, Samuel and Thomas- 
Smith, botli died infants; Henry, lord Hood, heir appa¬ 
rent, born Auguft 25, 1753, married, September 12, 
1774, Jane, daughter of Francis Wheeler, of Whitby, in 
the county of Warwick, efquire; by which lady he lias 
iffue, 1. Louifa. 2. Charlotte : both died infants. 3. Su- 
fan, born June 1779, married, April 16, 1805, Francis 
Mafon, efq. of the royal navy. 4. Elizabeth-H irriet, 
died an infant. 5. Fiancis-Wheeler, born Odober 4, 
1781, married Caroline, daughter of fir Andrew-Snape 
Hamond, bait, comptroller of the navy. 6. Selina, 
born November 10, 1782. 7. Samuel, born December 
7, 1788. 
His lordfhip’s father was bred to the church, and re- 
ftded many years vicar of Butley in Somerfetftiire, and 
afterwards of Thorncombe in Devon ; he married 
Mary, daughter of Richard Hofkins, of Beauminfter, 
in the county of Dorfet, efquire, by whom, who died 
Odober 10, 1766, he had the following ifiTue: Samuel, 
the prefent vifcount; Alexander, now vifcount Brid¬ 
port; Anne, died unmarried; Elizabeth, married Ed¬ 
ward Walker, efq. alderman of Exeter, and has iffue; 
Arthur-William, in holy orders, died unmarried; Ri¬ 
chard, John, Mary, all died young ; and Henry. 
Creations. —Baron Catherington in Ireland, Sep¬ 
tember 12, 1788; Vifcount Hood, in England, June 1, 
1796. 
Residences. —Greenwich Park, in the county of 
Kent ; and Catherington Houfe, in Hampfliire. 
Armorial Bearings.—S ee the annexed Engraving. 
Lord vifcount Hood is on the lilt of thole brave and pa¬ 
triotic Englifhmen, who have nobly fitood,forward in our 
own time, at the hazard and peril of their lives, in dif- 
comfiting and dellroying the common enemy of our 
country ; and for which his lordlhip has been moft de- 
fervedly ennobled, and diftinguifhed in his armorial 
bearings, which are as follow : Azure, a fret or; on a 
chief fable, Ihree crefcents of the fecond ; his paternal 
arms. 
Creft_A Cornifli chough, proper. 
Supporters.—Dexter, a merman, in his exterior hand 
a trident. Sinifter, a mermaid, in her exterior hand a 
mirror, all proper. 
Motto.— Ventisfecundis. —“ By profperous gales.” 
In 1759, lord Hood, in the Veftal, captured the French 
£hip Bellona, after a defperate adtion of near four hours; 
in which both fhips became mere wrecks. In 1781, he 
engaged a French fleet of much fuperior force off Mar¬ 
tinique, and drove them into port. In 1781, he behaved 
moft gallantly under admiral Greaves, in the engage¬ 
ment near the Chefapeak in America, when nineteen 
fail of the line beat a French fquadron of twenty-four 
fhips, moftly of fuperior force. In January 1782, he 
failed to the relief of St. Chriftopher’s, then inverted by 
a French fleet, commanded by the count de Grafle, of 
tw.enty-nine fail of the line ; lord.Hood’s confiding only 
twenty-two. Having fucceeded in drawing them from 
their moorings, he had the addrefs to manoeuvre his 
fhips fo as to take up their anchorage, thus interpofing 
himfelf between the ifland and the enemy; by wliftit 
fkilful adroitnefsof feamanlhip he preierved St. Ctirifto- 
pher’s, and eventually brought on that memorable en¬ 
gagement of the 12th of April, in the fame year, in 
which, having been joined by the invincible Rodney, 
the count de Grafle himfelf was taken, together with a 
number of his fhips, and the reft crippled or difperfed. 
In 1793, he gained poffeflion of Toulon, dellroyed its 
arfenal, and a great number of llvips of the line. For 
his lervices and valour he twice received the thanks of 
bo'- h houles of parliament, and had his fupporters grant¬ 
ed by the king’s lpecial command, as fymbolical of his 
lordlhip’s profeflional Ikill upon that element where his 
forelight and intrepidity were fo eminently dilplayed 
for the honour and glory of his country. On this ac¬ 
count all hearts were with him w hen, prior to his being 
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elevated to the peerage, he was chofen member for the 
city of Weftminfter. 
DUNCAN, VISCOUNT DUNCAN. 
ROBERT DUNCAN, Viscount DUNCAN, of 
Camperdown, Baron Duncan of Lundie, in Perthftiire ; 
fucceeded his father, the late vifcount, Auguft 4, 1804 ;, 
married, January 1805, Janet, daughter of the late fir 
Hugh-Hamilton Dalrymple, of Bargenny, and North 
Berwick, bart. and had ifTue a fon, born inO&ober, and 
died in November, 1805. 
His lordlhip is defcended from a very ancient family, 
long refident at Lundie, in Nortli Britain, and which, on 
the death of colonel Duncan, eldeft brother to the firft 
vifcount, became pofleffed of the family eftate in Pertli- 
fliire. Adam Duncan, father of the prelent vifcount, en¬ 
tered early into the royal navy, and on various occafions 
greatly diftinguilhed himfelf, particularly under the late 
vifcount Keppel, and in the fevere attion with the 
Dutch fleet, commanded by admiral de Winter, whom 
he took prifoner, off Camperdown ; for which heroic 
condudt he was advanced to the'peerage, by the title of 
vifcount Duncan of Camperdown. His lordlhip was 
honoured with the Order of Merit, of St. Alexander 
Newlkie, by the emperor of Rufiia, for the refpeft ffiown 
to feveral Ruffian officers who ferved under his com¬ 
mand. His lordlhip married Henrietta, daughter of the 
right honourable Robert Dundas, lord piefident of the 
court of feflion, in North Britain, and had iffue, Robert, 
the prelent and fecond vifcount; Henry, in the royal 
navy ; another fon ; and five daughters, one of whom 
married. May 19, 1800, fir Hugh-Dairymple Hamilton, 
bart. and Henrietta married, December 5, 1804, to major 
Fergufon. The prefumptive Heir is the vifcount’s 
brother. 
Creations. —Vifcount and Baron Duncan, Oflober 
30, 1797- 
Residences. —Camperdown Park, in Perthftiire, 
Scotland. — Town-houfe, Buckingham - ftreet, York- 
buildings. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
The armorial bearings of lord vifcount Ducan are the 
reward of valour and fignal fervices. They are : Gules, 
a reprefentation of a gold medal, (conferred on him 
by George III. for his victory off Camperdown,) en-. 
ligned with a naval crown, and fubl'cribed Camper¬ 
down, between two cinquefoils in chief; and a bugle 
horn in bafe argent, ftrung and garniftied azure. 
Creft.—A dilmafted Ihip, proper. Motto above: Difce 
pati ; “ Learn to fiiffer.” 
Supporters.—Dexter, a female figure winged, crown¬ 
ed with a celeltial crown; a fcarf acrofs her garments, 
refting her exterior hand on an anchor ; her interior 
hand holding a palm-branch, the emblem of viftory. 
Sinifter, a failor holding in his exterior hand the union 
flag ; the tri-coloured flag wrapped round its Haft. Pen¬ 
dant to the (hield by a ribband azure, the crofs of St. 
Alexander Newlkie. 
Motto.— Secundis dubiifque rettus. —“ Ever the fame 
in profperity or peril.” 
HOOD, VISCOUNT BR1DPORT. 
ALEXANDER HOOD, Viscount BRIDPORT, 
Baron Bridport, of Bridport, in the county of Dorfet; 
Baron Bridport, in Ireland ; Knight of the Bath ; Ad¬ 
miral of the Red, Vice-admiral of Great Britain, and a 
General of the Marines ; married, firft, Mary, daughter 
of Richard 'Well, prebendary of Durham, by Maria 
1 emple, filler of vifcount Cobharn, by whom, who died 
September 12, 1786, he had no iffue; and, lecondly, 
June 26, 1788, Mary-Sophia, daughter and heir of Tho¬ 
mas Bray, of Edmonton, in the county of Middlefex, 
efquire, by whom he has no ili'ue. His lordlhip is bro¬ 
ther to Samuel vifcount Hood ; and was created a peer 
of Ireland, Auguft 12, 17945 Baron Bridport, June 13, 
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