Harold Hood

Sir Harold Hood, 2nd Baronet was the son of Sir [Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet|Sir Joseph Hood]. Just before his fifteenth birthday in 1931, he succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's death. He married Ferelith Rosemary Florence Kenworthy, daughter of Joseph Kenworthy, 10th [Baron Strabolgi]. Hood was a devout Catholic Church|Catholic] and worked in Catholic publishing for much of his life, including working on the Catholic Herald and The Universe. He was involved with many charities including the Bourne Trust and the Prison Advice and Care Trust. Hood was a Knight of Malta and a Order of St. [Gregory the Great|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great].
He died aged 89 and the heir to the Baronetcy was his son John Hood.
He is buried in the central roundel of Brompton Cemetery in London towards the south-west.