Samuel Inglefield

Born 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]

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

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