Samuel Inglefield
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Rear Admiral
Samuel Hood Inglefield CB
(1783–1848) was a Royal Navy
officer who went on to be Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
.
, Inglefield joined the Royal Navy
in 1791. He commanded HMS Bacchante at Jamaica
in 1807 and assisted in the capture of a privateer and intercepted a Spanish
armed vessel. The following year he captured the French brig Griffon.
He was promoted to post-captain in 1807 and by 1827 was commanding HMS Ganges
. Promoted to rear admiral in 1841, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Brazils and River Plate station at a time when Uruguayan Civil War
was underway. Inglefield took decisive action at this time to keep the Paraná River
open so ensuring continuity of trade. He became Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
in 1846 and died while still serving in that role in 1848.
He lived at Orpington
in Kent
.
, an admiral, inventor and Arctic explorer.
Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)
Rear Admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7....
Samuel Hood Inglefield CB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(1783–1848) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
officer who went on to be Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
East Indies and China Station
The East Indies and China Station was a formation of the British Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865.-History:The Station was formed in 1831; it ceased to exist when it was separated into the East Indies Station and the China Station in 1865. Its area covered the Indian Ocean and the coasts of China and...
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Naval career
Born the son of John Nicholson InglefieldJohn Nicholson Inglefield
John Nicholson Inglefield was an officer in the British Royal Navy.John Nicholson Inglefield was the son of a ship's carpenter, Isaac Inglefield, and his wife, a sister of the ship designer Thomas Slade,...
, Inglefield joined the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1791. He commanded HMS Bacchante at Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
in 1807 and assisted in the capture of a privateer and intercepted a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
armed vessel. The following year he captured the French brig Griffon.
He was promoted to post-captain in 1807 and by 1827 was commanding HMS Ganges
HMS Ganges (1821)
HMS Ganges was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1821 at Bombay Dockyard, constructed from teak...
. Promoted to rear admiral in 1841, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Brazils and River Plate station at a time when Uruguayan Civil War
Uruguayan Civil War
The Uruguayan Civil War, also known as "Guerra Grande", was a series of armed conflicts that took place between the Colorado Party and the National Party in Uruguay from 1839 to 1851...
was underway. Inglefield took decisive action at this time to keep the Paraná River
Paraná River
The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language...
open so ensuring continuity of trade. He became Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
East Indies and China Station
The East Indies and China Station was a formation of the British Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865.-History:The Station was formed in 1831; it ceased to exist when it was separated into the East Indies Station and the China Station in 1865. Its area covered the Indian Ocean and the coasts of China and...
in 1846 and died while still serving in that role in 1848.
He lived at Orpington
Orpington
Orpington is a suburban town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms the southeastern edge of London's urban sprawl and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
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Family
In 1816 he married Priscilla Margaret Otway. He was father to Edward Augustus InglefieldEdward Augustus Inglefield
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and...
, an admiral, inventor and Arctic explorer.