Edward Augustus Inglefield R.N.
Edward Augustus Inglefield R.N.
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Edward Augustus Inglefield R.N. | Explanation |
Eldest son of Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield (1783-1847) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
27 March 1820 | | Born (Cheltenham) |
1853 | | Published 'A summer search for Sir John Franklin; with a peep into the polar basin'. |
2 June 1853 | | F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
1 April 1857 | | Married, firstly, Eliza Fanny (1836-1890), daughter of Edward Johnston of Allerton Hall, near Liverpool |
2 June 1869 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
13 August 1877 | | Knighted |
21 June 1887 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
1891 | | Chairman of the arts section of the naval exhibition at Chelsea |
1893 | | Married, secondly, Beatrice Maud Mariana (1869-1906), daughter of William Patrick Hodnett (1836-1905), who in 1895 subsequently married Edmund Richard Karl Heinrich (1834-1914), Baron von Haugwitz, of the Grand Dutchy of Mecklenburg |
4 September 1894 | | Died (London) |
He was the inventor of the hydraulic steering gear, and of the Inglefield anchor |
After retiring he devoted much of his time to painting; his watercolours of Arctic landscapes were exhibited at several art galleries in London |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
6 October 1832 | Entered Royal Naval College |
21 September 1842 | Lieutenant |
18 November 1845 | Commander |
7 October 1853 | Captain |
26 May 1869 | Rear-Admiral |
11 December 1875 | Vice-Admiral |
27 November 1879 | Admiral |
27 March 1885 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
25 November 1842 | 25 September 1844 | Lieutenant in Samarang, commanded by Captain Edward Belcher, East Indies |
6 March 1845 | 13 September 1845 | Lieutenant in Eagle, commanded by George Bohun Martin, as flag-lieutenant to his father. Commander-in-chief, South-east coast of America |
28 August 1845 | 17 November 1845 | Acting Commander in Comus, South-east coast of America |
18 November 1845 | 19 April 1846 | Commander in Comus, during the Anglo-French action in Uruguay |
3 August 1847 | 15 December 1848 | Commander in Ringdove, East Indies |
16 December 1848 | 23 March 1849 | Acting Captain in Melampus, East Indies |
24 March 1849 | 23 August 1849 | Commander in Meeanee (from commissioning at Bombay until paying off at Chatham), for voyage to England |
10 July 1852 | | Commanded Lady Franklin's private steamer, Isabella, on an expedition to Jones Sound and the west coast of Baffin Bay in search of John Franklin |
14 July 1853 | 25 October 1853 | Commander in Phoenix (from commissioning at Deptford until paying off), to bring supplies to Sir Edward Belcher's expedition at Beechey Island, Barrow Strait (Assistance, Belcher; Pioneer, Sherard Osborn, tender to Assistance; Resolute, Henry Kellett) and Intrepid, Francis Leopold McClintock, tender to Resolute). He returned with the news of the discovery of the north-west passage by Robert John Le Mesurier McClure |
21 February 1854 | 25 October 1854 | Captain in Phoenix (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off at Woolwich), returning, together with Talbot (Samuel Gurney Cresswell), to Beechey Island to re-supply Edward Belcher's ships, Inglefield succeeded in bringing home most of the personnel of Investigator (abandoned by Robert John le Mesurier McClure in the Prince of Wales Strait after successfully passing through the North-West Passage from the Bering Strait) and the four vessels of Belcher's expedition, which the latter also abandoned |
14 July 1855 | 28 February 1856 | Captain in Firebrand, Black Sea during the Russian War |
29 February 1856 | 30 July 1856 | Captain in Sidon (until paying off), Mediterranean |
4 January 1861 | 19 April 1864 | Captain in Majestic, Coast Guard, Liverpool |
18 April 1866 | 4 January 1868 | Captain in Prince Consort, in the channel and the Mediterranean |
10 December 1868 | 10 March 1869 | Additional captain in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain George William Preedy, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral |
9 August 1872 | 31 January 1876 | Superintendent of Malta dockyard, flag in Hibernia |
1 April 1878 | 27 November 1879 | Commander in Chief, North America and West Indies, flag in Bellerophon |