Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
Military Person
1824 – 1901
Who was Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon?
Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon GCB, was an officer of the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he took part in the capture of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840 and went ashore with the naval brigade at the defence of Eupatoria in November 1854 during the Crimean War. He became First Naval Lord in June 1885 and in that role was primarily concerned with enshrining into law the recommendations contained in a report on the disposition of the ships of the Royal Navy many of which were unarmoured and together incapable of meeting the combined threat from any two of the other naval powers: these recommendations were contained in the Naval Defence Act 1889.
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- Born
- Jul 14, 1824
Bath - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 16, 1901
Glastonbury
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on July 23, 2013
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