Sir Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller Acland Hood
Sir Alexander was a member of the well-known Hood naval family, many of whom became Admirals from the time before Nelson, until the First World War. The Hood Monument on his estate near Glastonbury is a memorial to one of them, as was the battleship "HMS Hood".
1881 Census: described as "Baronet Magistrate & Farmer Of 1038 Acres"
Sir Alexander Acland-Hood Bt was Member of Parliament for West Somerset from 3 May 1859 to 1868. Educated at Rugby. Was JP and DL for Somerset; High Sherriff of Somerset 1858; formerly Captain Royal Horseguards (blue). Member of Carlton Club.
Chairman of the Willion Bench of Magistrates. Chairman of the Watchet Harbour Commissioners
"The Treble Bell completing the ring of 6 was added to the tower in 1974 in memory of Alexander Periam Fuller Acland Hood, 2nd Bart the gift of parishioners and friends" St Etheldreda Church, St Audries, Somerset
Isabella Harriet Fuller Palmer Acland
Births: 10 September at Fairfield, Somerset, the Lady of Sir Peregrine Palmer Palmer Acland, of a daughter.
Source: The Bristol Mercury(Bristol, England), Saturday, September 15, 1832; Issue 2213.Parish Register http://www.wsom.org.uk/Registers/StogurseyBap17701799.htm
Note: This was omitted to be registered at the time the ceremony was performed. It is now inserted by me this 8 Jan 1833, G. Pinnock, Curate1881 Census: age 48 living at St Audries House, West Quantoxhead, Somerset
"Giving thanks to God for the memory of Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller Acland Hood and of Isabel Harriet Fuller Acland Hood", stained glass window in St. Etheldreda Church, St. Audries, Somerset.
Known affectionately as the "Dowager Lady".
1881 Census: age 29, unmarried, living at St Audries House,West Quantoxhead, Somerset
1881 Census: age 24, unmarried, living at St Audries House,West Quantoxhead, Somerset
1881 Census: age 19, unmarried, living at St Audries House,West Quantoxhead, Somerset
Margaret Fuller Acland Hood M.B.E.
1881 Census: age 11, unmarried, living at St Audries House,West Quantoxhead, Somerset
Appointed 1918 M.B.E. (Civil)
M.P. for Barnstaple 1721-27.
Heiress to Petherton Park near Bridgwater and a hansome fortune.
1767: Entered Royal Navy. Assigned to H.M.S. Romney under his 2nd cousin Captain (later 1st Viscount Hood) Samuel Hood.
21 April 1798: Died during battle between Mars and French warship Hercule. Hood was shot in the thigh shortly after the action commenced. The ball severed his femoral artery resulting in a fatal wound. Captain Hood died just as the French ship surrendered. Accompanied Captain Cook in one of his voyages round the world.
For more detail see: hmshood.com/ship/history/ Family.html <http://hmshood.com/ship/history/Family.html>
Created Dec 1806 Baronet of Hartington
Sir Alexander Fuller Acland Hood 1st Baron St. Audries
Sir Alexander Acland-Hood Bt, was Member of Parliament for West Somerset from 1892 to 1911 and was a member of Edward VII's Privy Council, and was made Lord St Audries in 1911. DL and CC for Somerset.
Vice-Chamberlain in 1900, Chief Whip of he Conservative and Unionist Party in 1902 under Mr Balfour, Privy Councillor in 1904, Deputy Lieutenant and JP for Somerset and Stogursey's County Councillor.
FULLER-ACLAND-HOOD Sir Alexander BART MP: Born in St Andrews Scotland 1853. Educated: Eton, Berkshire; Balliol College,Oxford; Sandhurst 1875. Served with Grenadier Guards in Egypt 1882. ADC to Governor of Victoria, Australia.
Member of Carlton, Guards and Pratt's Clubs.
Hon Mildred Rose Eveleigh de Moleyns
Death duties forced the sale of the St. Audries estate in 1925. Lady St Audries and her children subsequently lived at Fairfield, Stogursey.
Lord Alexander Peregrine Fuller Acland Hood Baron St. Audries
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Known as Sir Peregrine and affectionately as Lordy or the "Friendly Peer".
Educated at Eton and Magalen College, Oxford.
In 1914 sailed as a subaltern, with the 25th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry for service first in India and then Burma. Completed his war service with the Grenadier Guards after the death of his father and his sucession in 1917.Established Lord St Audries Prize at the Royal College of Organists. An accomplished organist and keen bell ringer. Produced the St Audries Chant Book in 1920.
Lt. Col. Arthur Fuller Acland Hood
Reference: WO 76/277/49
Name: Arthur Fuller Acland-Hood. Rank: 2nd Lieutenant. Regiments: 1st Devon Militia; Rifle Brigade. Date of Service: 1880.
Midshipman Charles Alexander John Acland Hood Reynardson
K.I.A. Aboard HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland
Lord Heathfield George Augustus Elliot
In 1775 George Augustus Eliott, Lord Heathfield (1717 - 1790), was appointed Governor of Gibraltar. During the siege of 1779-83 he held the British fortress against Spanish attack, and was made Baron Heathfield 6 July 1787.
George Augustus Eliott 1717-1790
Formed the regiment (the King's Light Dragoons or 15th Hussars) in 1759, and commanded until 1789.
Served as a volunteer in the Prussian Army, 1735-6.
Cornet, 2nd Life Guards, 1739 (Present at Dettingen and Fontenoy).
ADC to George II, 1755.
Maj.Gen., 1762 - 2IC of the Cuban Expedition.
Lt.Gen.,1763
CiC Ireland 1774-5
Governor of Gibraltar 1775, defending against D'Arzon and the Spanish 1779-83.
Created Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar 1787.
Nicknamed "Old Cock of the Rock".Source: http://www.xvld.bfpo.co.uk/personality_frame.htm
Sir Lt. General Francis Augustus Elliot 2nd Bart
Was appointed 20 October 1779 lieutenant colonel of his majesty's forces, and 23 March 1781 lieutenant colonel of the sixth regiment of dragoons. Inherited the Drake estate from his uncle Sir Francis Henry Drake 5th Bart, his mother's brother. When Elliott died in 1813 without issue, his sister Anne Elliot's son Thomas Trayton Fuller claimed the estate. This nephew took on the names Elliott and Drake and so became known as Sir Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake.
Fellow of the Royal Society 02/03/1809
Merchant of London. d.s.p.
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Attorney General of North Carolina, American Colonies. Buried in the church yard, Episcopal Church, Newburn, North Carolina, USA. d.s.p.
Died at Sea aboard the H.M.S. Lively
Captain of East Indian Trading Ship. d.s.p.