Sir Joseph Hood, 1st Baronet, (31 March 1863 – 10 January 1931) was a businessman and Conservative Party politician. In 1902 he was employed as solicitor to act for Imperial Tobacco Company and American Tobacco Company in their formation of the joint venture British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. He was appointed a director of the three companies, and was one of the deputy-chairman of British American Tobacco. His house later became the residence of the Apostolic Delegate of the Holy See.