Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet

Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet (31 March 1863 – 10 January 1931) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Biography Born in Ashby de la Zouch (Ashby), Leicestershire, Hood was educated at the local grammar school. He subsequently studied law, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1890, practising in Liverpool. He retired from the Commons at the 1924 general election. Hood lived at Winkfield Lodge on Wimbledon's Parkside during the 1920s. The house presently serves as the home of the Apostolic Nunciature to Great Britain. Sir Joseph was a member of the committee that built and opened London's first public golf courses in Richmond Park, which were opened in 1923 and 1925.

Sir Joseph and Lady Hood were granted the freedom of the borough of Wimbledon in 1924. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Harold Hood, then aged 14.