Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield
| Sir Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield | |
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Rear-Admiral Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield, KCB in masonic dress in 1919
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| Born |
10 April 1861 Wavertree, near Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Died | 19 July 1945 (aged 84) Burke House, Beaconsfield |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1861–1906 |
| Rank | Rear-admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Antrim |
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| Other work | Secretary of Lloyd's of London 1906 - 1921 |
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield, KBE (1861–1945) was a Victorian Royal Navy officer and later secretary of Lloyd's of London. He gave his name to the Inglefield clip, a device he patented in 1890 for quickly attaching signal flags.
Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield born on 10 April 1861 at Wavertree, near Liverpool, Lancashire, the youngest son of Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820–1894), Arctic explorer and Royal Navy admiral. He married Julia Katherine Margaret née Wilson in 1887; in 1891 she submitted a petition for divorce although the 1911 census shows them as still married but living apart.
He joined the Royal Navy in 1874 and was promoted to midshipman on 16 March 1876, and joined the Emerald-class screw corvette HMS Tourmaline on 5 March 1879, probably on the North America and West Indies Station.
He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 July 1883. A painting by Lieutenant E F Inglefield survives in the National Maritime Museum entitled A Pinnace for Chasing Slaves. It seems probable that he served in HMS London during her time engaged in the East African anti-slavery campaign of the late 19th century. He served in the Sudan, in the relief of Khartoum in 1884-85 and commanded a torpedo boat during the blockade of Greece in 1886. On 1 September 1888 he was appointed the flag lieutenant to Rear-Admiral St. George Caulfield D'Arcy Irvine.
Lieutenant Inglefield was sent to Malta in 1889 to become the first lieutenant of the newly launched HMS Melita. She did not commission until 27 October 1892, and during the long wait he invented the Inglefield clip, patenting the invention in 1894. The prototype device was fashioned in the naval dockyard in Valletta, and it was so successful that by 1895 it had become standard issue to Royal Navy ships. It is still in use today.
He was appointed as first lieutenant to HMS Victoria, flagship of Vice Admiral George Tryon, in April 1893. He was hospitalised by an accident, and was therefore absent from the ship in June when she collided with Camperdown and was sunk. Tryon was killed in the sinking, and Inglefield was appointed to the new flagship, Ramilles, flying the flag of Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour. On 30 June 1895 he was promoted to commander, on the same day as his cousin, Frederick Inglefield, was promoted to captain.
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