Captain Alexander Hood (
April 23,
1758 –
April 2,
1798) was an officer of the
Royal Navy, one of several members of the Hood family to serve at sea.He entered the Royal Navy in 1767, and accompanied Captain
James Cook in his second voyage of exploration from 1772 to 1775. During the
American Revolutionary War, under Admirals
Richard Howe and
George Rodney he distinguished himself in the
West Indies, and at the
Battle of the Saintes on
April 12,
1782, he was in command of one of Rodney's
frigates. Under his brother, Admiral Sir
Samuel Hood, he then proceeded to the Mona passage, where he captured the French
corvette Ceres. Hood became close friends with the commander of his prize, the Baron de Peroy, and during the peace of 1783–1792 paid a long visit to France as his former prisoner's guest. Also married Elizabeth Periam on
11 July 1792.
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