Captain Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 3rd Baronet (20 April 1819 – 29 April 1892) was an English Conservative Party politician, landowner and farmer.
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Alexander Bateman Periam Hood was born on 20 April 1819 in Bath, Somerset, England, to Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet, and Amelia Anne Hood (née Bateman). He was educated at the Rugby School. After he married Isabel Harriet Acland in 1849 he had the surnames Fuller Acland added to his name by royal licence. Acland-Hood was chairman of the West Somerset Railway Company and a member of the Somerset County Council.[2]
Acland-Hood was commissioned as a Captain in the Royal Horse Guards. He was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1858 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Somerset West from 1859 to 1868.[2][3]
Acland-Hood died of pneumonia at the family home at St Audries House, West Quantoxhead, Somerset on 29 April 1892, aged 73. He and Isabel had nine children. The eldest, Alexander, succeeded to the baronetcy.[2]
References
edit- ^ Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968 , p.974
- ^ a b c "Death of Sir Alexander Acland Hood". Western Gazette. 6 May 1892. p. 7.
- ^ "The House of Commons". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009.
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