He is not to be confused with his father's first cousin Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816) who sponsored both him and his elder brother Captain Alexander Hood (1758–1798) into the Royal Navy.[4]
^Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 974
^Brian Murphy & R. G. Thorne, biography of Hood, Sir Samuel (1762–1814), of 37 Lower Wimpole Street, Mdx., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1790–1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986 [1]