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Also Known As Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley • Baron Hood of Catherington • Samuel Hood
Born December 12, 1724
Died January 27, 1816 (aged 91)
Role In American Revolution • French Revolutionary wars • Siege of Toulon

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