# Samuel Inglefield

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British Royal Navy admiral (1783–1848)

Rear-Admiral Samuel Inglefield CB Born 1783 Died 24 February 1848 (aged 64–65) Bombay[1] Father John Nicholson Inglefield Relatives Edward Augustus Inglefield (son) Military career Allegiance Great Britain United Kingdom Branch Royal Navy Service years 1791–1848 Rank Rear-Admiral Commands HMS Ganges Brazils and River Plate Station East Indies and China Station Conflicts French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Uruguayan Civil War Battle of Vuelta de Obligado Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

[Rear-Admiral](/source/Rear_Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) **Samuel Hood Inglefield** [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (1783 – 24 February 1848) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who went on to be [Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station](/source/East_Indies_and_China_Station).

## Naval career

The son of [John Nicholson Inglefield](/source/John_Nicholson_Inglefield), Inglefield joined the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) in 1791.[2] He was promoted to post-captain in 1807[3] and commanded [HMS *Bacchante*](/source/French_corvette_Bacchante_(1795)) at [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) in 1807 and assisted in the capture of the Spanish privateer *Amor de la Patria*,[4] and intercepted a [Spanish](/source/Spain) armed vessel.[5] The following year he captured the French brig *Griffon*.[5]

By 1827 Inglefield was commanding [HMS *Ganges*](/source/HMS_Ganges_(1821)).[6] Promoted to rear admiral in 1841,[2] he was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the [Brazils and River Plate Station](/source/South_East_Coast_of_America_Station)[7] at a time when [Uruguayan Civil War](/source/Uruguayan_Civil_War) was underway.[8] Inglefield took decisive action at this time to keep the [Paraná River](/source/Paran%C3%A1_River) open so ensuring continuity of trade.[9] He became [Commander in-Chief, East Indies and China Station](/source/East_Indies_and_China_Station) in 1846[10] and died of apparent [heat stroke](/source/Heat_stroke) while still serving in that role in 1848.[1][11]

He lived at [Orpington](/source/Orpington) in [Kent](/source/Kent).[12]

## Family

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

## See also

- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). ["Inglefield, Samuel Hood"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Inglefield,_Samuel_Hood). [*A Naval Biographical Dictionary*](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary). [John Murray](/source/John_Murray_(publishing_house)) – via [Wikisource](/source/Wikisource).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gent_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gent_1-1) ["Rear Admiral Inglefield"](https://books.google.com/books?id=mhQ2AQAAMAAJ&q=Samuel+Hood+Inglefield&pg=PA661). *The Gentleman's Magazine*. **184**. F. Jefferies: 661. June 1848.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-angel_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-angel_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-angel_2-2) [Naval Officers 1849](https://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/RNBIOG3.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Item reference ADM 9/3/403](http://origin.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-5605012&CATLN=7&accessmethod=5) National Archives]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["No. 16104"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16104/page/8). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)*. 29 December 1807. p. 8.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nelson_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nelson_5-1) [HMS Bacchante at Age of Nelson](http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=0264)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Biography of John Alexander Duntze R.N.](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=626)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [The Buckle Papers](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=182-buckle&cid=0#0) National Archives

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [W.L. Clowes on the 1845 Anglo-French action in Uruguay](http://www.pdavis.nl/Uruguay.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Pax Britannica: The Parana](http://www.personanavalpress.co.uk/articles_barker2.htm#4)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-loney_10-0)** [William Loney RN](http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowCommanders.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-odnb_11-0)** [Edward Augustus Inglefield at *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14395?docPos=2)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [Orpington Tithe award schedule – signed 30 June 1843](http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/ORP/02.htm) Kent Archaeology

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [Edward Augustus Inglefield at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14395)

Military offices Preceded by John Purvis Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station 1844–1846 Succeeded by Sir Thomas Herbert Preceded by Sir Thomas Cochrane Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station 1846–1848 Succeeded by Sir Francis Collier

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