Samuel Inglefield

Rear-Admiral Samuel Inglefield CB
Born	1783
Died	24 February 1848 (aged 64–65) Bombay1
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 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 1807³ 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 Station⁷ 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 1846¹⁰ and died of apparent heat stroke while still serving in that role in 1848.¹¹¹

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