angličtina: Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood,1824-1901, Baron Hood of Avalon 
The grandson of Captain Alexander Hood (1758-98), he entered the navy when he was 12. He fought with the Naval Brigade in the Crimean War, 1854-55. In 1885 he became First Sea Lord, but left the Admiralty when he reached the age of 65 in 1889. The portrait is signed and dated 1891, the year in which it was exhibited at the Royal Academy. J. Sydney Willis Hodges (1829-1900) was a successful society portrait painter.
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Arthur William HoodArthur William Acland Hood, 1. baron Avalon byl britský admirál. V námořnictvu sloužil od roku 1836, vyznamenal se v různých válečných konfliktech druhé poloviny 19. století, působil též v námořní administraci v Londýně. Nejvyšší hodnosti admirála dosáhl v roce 1886 a v letech 1885–1886 a 1886–1889 zastával dvakrát funkci prvního námořního lorda. V roce 1892 byl povýšen na barona a vstoupil do Sněmovny lordů. .. pokračovat ve čtení