Viscount Hood

Viscount Hood, of Whitley in the County of Warwick, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.

In 1795, his wife Susannah Linzee was created Baroness Hood, of Catherington in the County of Southampton, in her own right, in the Peerage of Great Britain.

His grandson, the third viscount, assumed in 1840 by royal licence the additional surname of Tibbits, which was that of his father-in-law.

His great-grandson, the sixth viscount, was a diplomat and notably served as Minister at the British Embassy in Washington from 1958 to 1962 and as Deputy Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1962 and 1969.

In 1868, the latter's son, the third baron, was again created Viscount Bridport (see this title for later history of these peerages).

Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood