Edward Augustus Inglefield
Sir Edward Inglefield Sir Astley Key | |
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Succeeded by | Sir Leopold McClintock |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Augustus Inglefield 27 March 1820 Cheltenham, England |
Died | 4 September 1894 South Kensington, England | (aged 74)
Resting place | Kensal Green Cemetery |
Spouse |
Eliza Johnston (m. 1857) |
Children | Samuel Hood Inglefield (father) |
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Military service | |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Service years | 1832–1885 |
Rank | Admiral |
Wars | Crimean War |
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield
He was also the inventor of the marine hydraulic steering gear and the anchor design that bears his name. HMS Inglefield bears his name, as do the Inglefield Land region and the Inglefield Gulf of Greenland.
Career
First voyage to the Arctic
Inglefield set out from Britain on his search in July 1852, commanding Lady Franklin's private steamer Isabel, seven years after Sir John Franklin had left on his ill-fated search for the fabled Northwest Passage. Once Inglefield had reached the Arctic, a search and survey of Greenland's west coast was made; Ellesmere Island was resighted and named in honour of the president of the Royal Geographical Society.
Smith Sound was penetrated further than any known records; Jones Sound was also searched; and a landing was made at Beechey Island in Lancaster Sound. No sign, however, of Franklin's expedition was found. Finally, before the onset of winter forced Inglefield to turn homewards, the expedition searched and charted much of Baffin Island's eastern coast.
Despite finding no traces of the Franklin expedition, Inglefield was fêted on his return for the surveying his expedition had achieved. The
Subsequent Arctic voyages
Inglefield made two further voyages to the Arctic in
Arriving back in the Arctic the following year, 1854, Inglefield found Belcher's ships abandoned, save one to which the crews had retreated. Most of these men returned with Inglefield to Britain.
Later life
Soon after his return from the Arctic, Inglefield was sent to join the
In 1869, he was made a rear admiral and three years later was appointed Admiral Superintendent of
Inglefield retired in 1885. Thereafter he devoted much of his time to painting and his watercolours of Arctic landscapes were exhibited at several art galleries in London.
Personal life
On 30 April 1857, Inglefield married Eliza Fanny Johnston (1836–1890), the daughter of Edward Johnston, Esq. of Allerton Hall, Liverpool. Together, they were the parents of four sons and one daughter:[2]
- Henry Beaufort Willmot Inglefield (1859–1926), who married Mary Lucia MacHugh, Lady Holker in 1894.Sir John Holker (1828–1882).[5]After her death, he married Alexandra Amy Geraldine Butler (d. 1931), the widow of William George Gould (d. 1911)
- Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield (1861–1945), a Royal Navy officer (eventually rear admiral), inventor of the flag-raising Inglefield clip, and Secretary to Lloyd's of London.
- Albany Otway Inglefield (1872–1873)
- Ernest Hallowell Inglefield (d. 1879)
- Sybill Inglefield (d. 1870)
Inglefield died in 1894; he is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in west London.[6]
References
Footnotes
- ^ William Loney RN
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage | Volume 2 of The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire for 1881. Nichols and Sons. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Royal Blue Book: Fashionable Directory and Parliamentary Guide. London: Kelly's Directories Limited. January 1899. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ The Law Journal, Vol. 30. 14 December 1895. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1904). Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Notable People At Kensal Green". Friends of Kensal Green. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
Sources
- Inglefield, E.A. (1853).A summer search for Sir John Franklin; with a peep into the polar basin. London: Thomas-Harrison.
- Coleman, E.C. (2006). The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration from Franklin to Scott. Tempus Publishing.