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3i8 BRIDPORT of Winchester, by Mary, sister of Richard, Viscount Cobham, and da. of Sir Richard Temple, Bart. She d. 12 Sep. I786.(') He ?«., 2ndly, 26 June 1788, at St. Marylebone, Mary Sophia, only surv. da. and h. of Thomas Bray, of Edmonton, Midx., by his 3rd wife, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Sadlier. He d. s.p., 3 May 18 14, at Bath, aged 87, when his Barony and Viscountcy [G.B.] became extinct, but his Irish Barony de- volved as under. Will pr. 18 14. His widow ^. 18 Feb. 1831, at Cricket St. Thomas, aged 85. Will pr. Dec. 1831. BARONY [I.] 2. Samuel (Hood), Baron Bridport [I.], great nephew, and, under the spec. rem. in the creation of that II. 1 8 14. Peerage, heir. He was 2nd s. of Henry, 2nd Viscount Hood of Whitley, by Jane, da. and h. of Francis Wheler, of Whitley afsd., which Henry was s. and h. of Samuel, the ist Viscount Hood, who was elder br. to Alexander, Baron Bridport above- named. He was b. 7 Dec. 1788; ed. at Trin. Coll. Cambridge; M.A. 1809; M.P. (Tory) for Heytesbury, 18 12-18. He w., 3 July 18 10, Charlotte Mary, sua jure Duchess of Bronte in Sicily,^') being only da. and h. of William (Nelson), ist Earl Nelson (Duke of Bronte in Sicily), by his I St wife, Sarah, da. of the Rev. Henry Yonge. He^. 6 Jan. 1868, in his 80th year, at Cricket St. Thomas, and was bur. there. Will pr. 3 Feb. 1868, under ^20,000. His widow, who was b. 20 Sep. 1787, sue. her father in his Sicilian title 28 Feb. i835,('^) and d. 29 Jan. 1873, in her 86th year, at Cricket St. Thomas afsd., and was bur. there. Will pr. 22 May 1873, under ^1^,000. III. 1868. 3 and I. Alexander Nelson (Hood), Baron Bridport [I.], ist and only surv. s. and h., b. 23 Dec. VISCOUNTCY. 1 8 14, at Marylebone. Joined the Scots Fusilier Foot I. 1868. Guards, 1831; Capt. 1836; Lieut. Col. 1847; C°l- '" the Army, 1854; Major Gen. 1862; Lieut. Gen. 1871; General, 1877; a Groom in Waiting, 1841-58; Clerk Marshal to H.R.H. the Prince Consort, 1853-61 ; Equerry to the Queen, 1858-84. On 6 July 1868 (six months after his succession to the Irish Peerage), he, being a Conservative, was cr. VISCOUNT BRIDPORT OF CRICKET ST. THOMAS, CO. Somerset, AND OF BRONTE in the Kingdom of Italy. (f) The great Chatham is said to have been in love with her, and their union to have been prevented by lack of means. V.G. (^) For her succession as such da., according to the law of Sicily, see " Nelson v. Bridport " in Beavans Chancery Reports, vol. viii, p. 547. (^) The representation of the Nelson family and of the great Lord Nelson vested in this lady and remains in her issue; though the limitation of the Barony of Nelson (as also of the Earldom, cr. subsequently, with, naturally enough, a like rem.) carried the Peerage dignity, in 1835, to Thomas Bolton, who did not represent the grantee (being son of a sister), instead of to Lady Bridport (born Nelson), who (as da. and h. of the only brother of the grantee who left issue) wai such representative.