Samuel Inglefield
Born1783
Died24 February 1848
Bombay[1]
Allegiance Great Britain
 United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1791–1848
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHMS Ganges
Brazils and River Plate Station
East Indies and China Station
Battles/warsBattle of Vuelta de Obligado
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Uruguayan Civil War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

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.

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]

He lived at Orpington in Kent.[12]

Family

In 1816 he married Priscilla Margaret Otway.[2] He was father to Edward Augustus Inglefield, an admiral, inventor and Arctic explorer.[13]

See also

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Inglefield, Samuel Hood" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References

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