Viscount Bridport
| Viscountcy of Bridport | |
|---|---|
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure a fret Argent on a Chief Or three Crescents Sable (Hood); 2nd and 3rd, Or a Cross patonce Sable a Bend Gules surmounted of another engrailed of the field charged with three Bombs fired proper on a Chief undulated Argent waves of the Sea from which a Palm Tree issuant between a Disabled Ship on the dexter and a Battery in Ruins on the sinister all proper over all a Fess wavy Azure thereon inscribed the word "Trafalgar" Or (Nelson). | |
| Creation date | 6 July 1868 |
| Creation | Second |
| Created by | Queen Victoria |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport |
| Present holder | Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport |
| Heir apparent | The Hon. Peregrine Alexander Nelson Hood |
| Heir presumptive | The Hon. Anthony Nelson Hood |
| Status | Extant |
| Motto | STEADY |
Viscount Bridport is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation became extinct in 1814, while the second creation is extant.