[7] On 3 July 1810 in the parish of Marylebone, London, Hood married Charlotte Mary Nelson (1787–1873), only surviving child and heiress of the Rev.

[7] He was succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander who was later created Viscount Bridport in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and inherited the dukedom of Bronte from his mother upon her death in 1873.

[10] Following the death of her father in 1835, his wife Charlotte, then known as Lady Bridport, inherited her father's Sicilian dukedom becoming suo jure 3rd Duchess of Bronte, however, his British titles descended by special remainder, together with his British estates, to his nephew Thomas Bolton, who assumed the surname "Nelson" in accordance with the terms of the bequest.

He found the local inhabitants "turbulent, restless people" troublesome to the management of the estate, and like his brother the Admiral he never set foot in it.

[14] Through his daughter Charlotte, he was a grandfather of Maj.-Gen. Sir Alexander Nelson Rochfort (1850–1916), who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.