time was mainly occupied in regulating and reforming points of organization or discipline and the methods of victualling, in which he introduced some substantial reforms, effecting a saving to the government of something like thirty per cent.” Marriage He married Mary Elizabeth Frederica Mackenzie, eldest daughter and heiress of Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, but left no issue. Death, burial and succession Hood was about to retire and return to England. Rear-Admiral Sir George Burlton had been appointed to succeed him, but before the exchange could take place Hood died at Madras on 24 December 1814 after a three-day fever following a visit to Tippoo Sahib's former palace at Srirangapatna. "In him it may truly be said, that the British nation lost one of its most experienced and gallant defenders, a long-tried friend and companion of the Immortal Nelson." He was buried at St. Mary's Church, Madras, where survives his mural monument. The heir to his baronetcy, under special remainder, was his nephew Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet (1793–1851), son of his elder brother Captain Alexander Hood (1758–1798) by his wife Elizabeth Periam, daughter and sole heiress of John Periam (1714–1788) of Wootton House<ref>White marble memorial, east wall, Butleigh Church: Sacred to the memory of John Periam of Wootton House and late member of Exeter College Oxford to which his ancestors were considerable benefactors also a student of the Middle Temple who died Dec 29 1788 aged 74 Piety, Affection and Virtue, armed with a highly cultivated mind adorned the Character of this excellent Christian. "The sweet remembrance of thy duty shall flourish when he sleeps unduly".. Note: "The link to Sir William Periam, benefactor of Exeter College, claimed by the Milton and Butleigh Periam families, is probably fictitious since William only had daughters and no link can be found either to him, his brothers nor his traceable ancestors", per "THE SWORD OF JOHN PERIAM OF BUTLEIGH WOOTTON HOUSE"</ref> (alias "Butleigh Wootton") in the parish of Butleigh, Somerset. Monuments A lofty column, the Admiral Hood Monument, was raised to his memory on a hill on the Wootton House estate, 3/4 of a mile (1.2 km) to the south-west of Wootton House, Butleigh, Somerset, inherited by his nephew and heir Sir Alexander Hood, 2nd Baronet (1793–1851) from his mother Elizabeth Periam. The Butleigh connection started with Sir Samuel Hood's great uncle (and the father of his two famous Admiral cousins) Rev.