| Samuel Inglefield | |
| Birth Date: | 1783 |
| Death Date: | 24 February 1848 |
| Death Place: | Bombay[1] |
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| Serviceyears: | 1791–1848 |
| Rank: | Rear Admiral |
| Commands: | HMS Ganges and River Plate Station East Indies and China Station |
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| Awards: | Companion 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, and intercepted a Spanish armed vessel.[4] The following year he captured the French brig Griffon.[4]
By 1827 Inglefield was commanding HMS Ganges.[5] Promoted to rear admiral in 1841,[2] he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Brazils and River Plate Station[6] at a time when Uruguayan Civil War was underway.[7] Inglefield took decisive action at this time to keep the Paraná River open so ensuring continuity of trade.[8] He became Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station in 1846[9] and died of apparent heat stroke while still serving in that role in 1848.[1] [10]
He lived at Orpington in Kent.[11]
In 1816 he married Priscilla Margaret Otway.[2] He was father to Edward Augustus Inglefield, an admiral, inventor and Arctic explorer.[12]
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