Rear Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield CB (1783 – 24 February 1848) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station.
Samuel Inglefield | |
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| Born | 1783 |
| Died | 24 February 1848 Bombay[1] |
| Allegiance |  Great Britain United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1791–1848 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Ganges Brazils and River Plate Station East Indies and China Station |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Vuelta de Obligado French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Uruguayan Civil War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
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The son of John Nicholson Inglefield, Inglefield joined the Royal Navy in 1791.[2] He was promoted to post-captain in 1807[3] and commanded HMS Bacchante at Jamaica in 1807 and assisted in the capture of the Spanish privateer Amor de la Patria,[4] and intercepted a Spanish armed vessel.[5] The following year he captured the French brig Griffon.[5]
By 1827 Inglefield was commanding HMS Ganges.[6] Promoted to rear admiral in 1841,[2] he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Brazils and River Plate Station[7] at a time when Uruguayan Civil War was underway.[8] Inglefield took decisive action at this time to keep the Paraná River open so ensuring continuity of trade.[9] He became Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station in 1846[10] and died of apparent heat stroke while still serving in that role in 1848.[1][11]
Family edit
In 1816 he married Priscilla Margaret Otway.[2] He was father to Edward Augustus Inglefield, an admiral, inventor and Arctic explorer.[13]
See also edit
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References edit
- ^ a b "Rear Admiral Inglefield". The Gentleman's Magazine. 184. F. Jefferies: 661. June 1848.
- ^ a b c Naval Officers 1849
- ^ Item reference ADM 9/3/403 National Archives]
- ^ "No. 16104". The London Gazette. 29 December 1807. p. 8.
- ^ a b HMS Bacchante at Age of Nelson
- ^ Biography of John Alexander Duntze R.N.
- ^ The Buckle Papers National Archives
- ^ W.L. Clowes on the 1845 Anglo-French action in Uruguay
- ^ Pax Britannica: The Parana
- ^ William Loney RN
- ^ Edward Augustus Inglefield at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Orpington Tithe award schedule – signed 30 June 1843 Kent Archaeology
- ^ Edward Augustus Inglefield at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography