Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (7 September 1788 – 6 January 1868) succeeded his great-uncle Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport as Baron Bridport.
Hood was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, obtaining an M.A.
degree in 1809.
He married Charlotte Mary Nelson on 3 July 1810 in Marylebone, London.
They had nine children.
Hood was a Tory Member of Parliament for Heytesbury from 1812 to 1818.