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(Redirected from Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood) British noble (born 1948)

Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport

Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte (born 17 March 1948), known as Alex Bridport, is a British investment banker, resident in Geneva, Switzerland.

Early life

He is the only son and heir of Rowland Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (1911–1969), of Castello di Maniace near Bronte in Sicily (a descendant of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte, elder brother and heir of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte), by his second wife Sheila Jeanne Agatha van Meurs, only daughter of Johan Hendrik van Meurs and widow of Wing-Commander J. H. Little, DFC, Auxiliary Air Force.

Career

He grew up in the Castello di Maniace, Sicily, and was educated at Eton College and the Sorbonne. He joined Kleinwort Benson merchant bank in London, before going on to Chase Manhattan Bank which sent him to Geneva in 1985 to be General Manager of Investment Banking. He was appointed managing director of Shearson Lehman Brothers, New York, in 1988. In 1991 he set up Bridport & Cie S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland, with Thomas Bartholdi, and both remain managing partners, together with Count Luca Padulli. In 1981, facing an on-going turbulent political situation in Italy and the prospect of further demands for land reform from an historically inimical faction of the local population, he sold his paternal estate of the Duchy of Bronte and his seat within it, the Castello di Maniace, granted to Admiral Nelson in 1799 by Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies.

Marriages and issue

He married twice:

She obtained a divorce in 1979 and in 1983 remarried to Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk (1935–2022) of Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire. By his first wife he had issue:

  • Secondly, on 5 December 1979, he married Nina Lincoln (widow of Formula 1 racing driver Jochen Rindt) from whom he was divorced in 1999, having had a further son:
    • Anthony Nelson Hood (born 1983).

Notes

  1. In the now-unrecognised nobility of Sicily.

References

  1. Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p. 158.
  2. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 174.
  3. Montague-Smith, P. W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 174.
  4. "Luca Rinaldo Contardo Padulli PhD: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. 29 March 2024.
  5. La vendita del castello e della tenuta dei Nelson
  6. Montague-Smith, P. W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 266.
  7. Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015, p. 1189.
  8. "Serena Nikkhah and Peregrine Hood". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
  9. "Nina in at the finnish.(Column)". 24 May 1999. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Further reading

  • Biography in euromoney.com, Viscount Bridport, Chairman, Bridport, 30 June 1999

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Preceded byRowland Hood Viscount Bridport
1969–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Peregrine Hood
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1969–present 		Incumbent
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