Frederick Inglefield
| Sir Frederick Inglefield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 April 1854 |
| Died | 8 August 1921 (aged 67) Flower Lillies, Windley, Derbyshire |
| Buried at | Turnditch church (53°00′57″N 1°33′39″W / 53.015871°N 1.560966°WCoordinates: 53°00′57″N 1°33′39″W / 53.015871°N 1.560966°W) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Acorn HMS Bonaventure HMS Devastation HMS Royal Sovereign 4th Cruiser Squadron Coastguard and Reserves Auxiliary Coastal Patrol Forces |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |
Khedive's bronze star Aide de camp Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy |
Admiral Sir Frederick Samuel Inglefield KCB DL FRGS (29 April 1854 – 8 August 1921) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fourth Sea Lord, was appointed as a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and commanded auxiliary patrol forces in World War I. After retirement he was a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
Inglefield was born on 29 April 1854 to Colonel Samuel Inglefield of the Royal Artillery. He came from a long line of naval officers; his grandfather was Rear Admiral Samuel Inglefield, his great-grandfather was Captain John Nicholson Inglefield, and his uncle was the Arctic explorer Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS Britannia at the age of 13.
Inglefield became a sub-lieutenant in 1874 and was promoted to lieutenant on 30 January 1877. He joined the screw corvette Euryalus in 1878 on the East Indies Station and the flagship of the Channel Fleet, Minotaur, in 1882. She was temporarily detached to the Mediterranean to take part in the Anglo-Egyptian War, and Inglefield was awarded the Khedive's bronze star. In April 1885 he was appointed as the first lieutenant of the gunvessel Condor, and in this role was landed in the Eastern Sudan to take part in the Second Suakin Expedition. He was clearly highly though of, because his next appointment, in February 1886, was as the first lieutenant of "the most-sought-after sea-going ship in the Service", the central battery ironclad Alexandra. At this period the Mediterranean Fleet was the foremost fleet in the Royal Navy, and it attracted the ambitious, the talented and the well-connected. As the senior lieutenant of the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, flying the flag of Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh, and with the future King George V as one of his lieutenants, he benefited from the patronage of the most influential officers of the day. He was promoted to commander on 30 June 1889, and was appointed to HMS Trafalgar, which had replaced Alexandra as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. He commanded the screw sloop Acorn on the South America Station, and was promoted to captain on 30 June 1895 while in command of her. He then commanded the protected cruiser Bonaventure, flagship of the East Indies Station, from January 1896 to March 1898. He left Bonaventure to command HMS Devastation, the guardship at Gibraltar. He commanded the battleship Royal Sovereign from 26 November 1901 to December 1902 and between 1902 and 1904 served as Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence. He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII on 12 April 1905.
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