Viscount
Grosvenor
Arthur Alexander
"5th Viscount Hood of Whitley"
Hood
Born in Mayfair, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Wheler Hood
and Edith Lydia Drummond Ward
Brother of
Mabel Edith (Hood) Baring, Grosvenor Arthur Frederick Hood, Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, Neville Albert Hood CMG DSO, Dorothy Violet Hood and Francis George Hood
Husband of
Jane Primrose (Stapleton-Cotton) Hood
— married
28 Feb 1911 in Lambeth Palace, Lambeth, Surrey, England
[children unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom
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Preceded by
Francis Hood, 4th Viscount his father
Francis Hood, 4th Viscount his father
Viscount Hood of Whitley
1907-1933
1907-1933
Succeeded by
Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount his nephew
Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount his nephew
Biography
Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood was born on 13 November 1868 in Mayfair, Middlesex, England, the second son and third child of Francis Wheler Hood (4th Viscount Hood of Whitley) and his wife Edith Lydia Drummond nee Ward. (His older brother, also named Grosvenor, had died shortly before this Grosvenor's birth). He was baptised on 29 December 1868 at the church of St George Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England. His parents were living at South Street, off Park Lane next to Hyde Park at the time. [1][2]
In 1871, he was living with his parents, his older sister Mabel and 6 month old baby brother Horace at 40 South Street. Amongst the nine live-in servants enumerated at the census were a nurse for the children and a wet-nurse for the baby. [3]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Francis E Hood | Head | Married | M | 32 | Peer Viscount | London |
| Edith Hood | Wife | Married | F | 23 | Peeress | Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Mabel Hood | Daughter | F | 4 | London, Middlesex | ||
| Grosvenor Hood | Son | M | 2 | London, Middlesex | ||
| Horace Hood | Son | M | 0 | London, Middlesex |
Grosvenor was sent as a boarder to the Castleden Hall preparatory school, in Farnborough, Hampshire and that is where he was enumerated at the 1881 census aged 12, along with his brother Horace aged 10. The school had about 75 boys between the ages of 10 and 13 year living there. [4] He was educated at Eton from 1882 and joined the Royal Artillery from the Royal Military Academy in 1887 as a Second Lieutenant. [5] [6]
Lord Hood attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th battalion London Regiment.
In 1919, Lord Hood was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire.
He was a veteran of the Ashanti War (1895-96), the Boer War (1900-02), and the First World War.
He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Hood of Whitley, Warwickshire, on 27 April 1907. He also succeeded as the 5th Baron Hood of Catherington, Hampshire, on 27 April 1907.
Lord Hood's first spouse was Jane Primrose Stapleton-Cotton (1882-1919), daughter of Colonel Hon. Richard Southwell George Stapleton-Cotton and Hon. Jane Charlotte Methuen. They were married on 28 February 1911 at the chapel of Lambeth Palace (the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury) [7], and the marriage ceremony was a quiet affair due to the illness of the bride's father. The couple had no children together. Jane died of pneumonia following influenza in London on 6 March 1919. [8]
Lord Hood's second spouse was Marguerite Jenny Hood (1881-1996), daughter of Hon. Albert Hood and Julia Jane Hornby. They were married on 2 June 1928, and had no children together.
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Westminster, London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919"
City of Westminster Archives Centre; London, England; Westminster Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: STG/PR/2/9
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 61866 #805878 (accessed 9 October 2021)
Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood baptism on 29 Dec 1868 (born 13 Nov 1868), child of Francis Wheler & Edith Lydia Drummond, in St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England. - ↑
1911 Census:
"1911 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 2352 #51255560 (accessed 9 October 2021)
Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Viscount Hood (42), married, Peer Of The Realm Army Retired Major, head of household at The Manor House Five Ashes Tunbridge Wells Sussex. Born in Mayfair, London, England. - ↑
1871 Census:
"1871 England Census"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 101; Folio: 94; Page: 31; GSU roll: 838762
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 7619 #10856675 (accessed 9 October 2021)
Grosvenor Hood (2) son in household of Francis W Hood (32) in St George Hanover Square registration district. Born in London England. - ↑
1881 Census:
"1881 England Census"
Class: RG11; Piece: 1251; Folio: 26; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1341306
Ancestry Sharing Link • Ancestry Record 7572 #7040618 (accessed 9 October 2021)
Grosvenor AA Hood (12) pupil, Scholar, in household of Arthur H.A. Morton (45) at Castleden Hall (School) in Hartley Wintney registration district. Born in London, London, Middlesex, England. - ↑ The London Gazette 4 March 1887 page 1162 London Gazette accessed 9 October 2021
- ↑ The Royal Military Academy was merged with the Royal Military College in 1941 and is now based at Sandhurst, Berkshire. Wikipedia contributors, "Royal Military Academy, Woolwich," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich&oldid=1048401647 (accessed October 9, 2021).
- ↑ Marriage of Viscount Hood Leicester Evening Mail 1 March 1911 page 5 British Newspaper Archive at Find My Past accessed 22 March 2023
- ↑ Viscountess Hood Dead - Victim of Influenza Daily Mirror 7 March 1919 page 2, British Newspaper Archive at Find My Past accessed 22 March 2023
- ↑ Obituary Western Gazette Friday 5 May 1933 page 12. British Newspaper Archive online at FindMyPast.co.uk. Viewed 9 October 2021
- www.thepeerage.com/p6289.htm
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Your statement in the Memories section above, coupled with the assertion that Princess Mary was the mother of your grandfather, made me check the source in the book you have quoted. "The Quest for Queen Mary" is the collected research notes of the official biographer James Pope-Hennessy, taken from interviews of those who had known the Queen, and their memories of her after her death.
The first edition UK version has a full page photo of The Princess of Wied on page 103. However on page 119-20, there is a memory from Margaret Wyndham, one of the ladies in waiting (who had served from 1938, so hadn't known the Queen in her younger years). She thought that the man that the Queen was in love with had a name beginning with H. She suggested initially it was (Lord Grosvenor) Hood, but corrected this to (Lord John) Hope, of the Hope of Hopetoun family. (page 122). The latter would be reasonable as the Teck family spent most summers at Hopetoun, and there is a comment by Estella his sister in another interview that "if one of the royalties failed, Princessy might marry my brother". (page 101) However John Hope was married and had been sent to Australia as Governor of Victoria before Mary returned from exile in Europe.
Can I ask what family records you have of a betrothal between the then Princess Mary and any other man before her engagement to Prince Albert Victor in 1891? And also the evidence that she had any children before the six she had with King George? From her biography and the "The Quest", she seems remarkably free of any hint of scandal (even though not everyone interviewed liked her!).
I have updated Queen Mary's profile with the pertinent information both from the biography ("Queen Mary 1867-1953") and "The Quest" - thank you for pointing out the existence of that second volume which is most entertaining.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Best wishes, Jo (England Project Managed Profiles team coordinator - the England Project manages the profile of Queen Mary)