Frederick Inglefield

Admiral Sir Frederick Samuel Inglefield, (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.

Early life 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 screw corvette in 1878 on the East Indies Station He was promoted to commander on 30 June 1889, and was appointed to , which had replaced Alexandra as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. while in command of her. He then commanded the protected cruiser , flagship of the East Indies Station, from January 1896 to March 1898. He left Bonaventure to command in late 1898, and she was from April 1900 guardship at Gibraltar. when she was serving on the Mediterranean station, and took her home the following year, taking part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII, before he paid her off at Portsmouth on 29 August 1902. From 15 October 1902 until 1904 he served as Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence, as head of the Mobilisation division. He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII on 12 April 1905.

Inglefield was appointed Fourth Sea Lord (as a captain) from 1904, and was promoted to rear admiral on 30 May 1906. He took command of the 4th Cruiser Squadron on 8 February 1907, hoisting his flag in the cruiser . He was awarded the title of Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy in recognition of services rendered by the squadron during the earthquake at Messina in Sicily in 1908. He hauled down his flag in Grafton in February 1909. he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on 19 June 1911 as part of the King's coronation list.

Inglefield was promoted to the rank of admiral on 4 June 1913 and at the outbreak of World War I, being too senior for a seagoing appointment and over 60 years of age, he was appointed the president of the "Motor-Boat Committee", which existed to co-ordinate the Motor-Boat Reserve, a collection of private craft called up to support the Royal Navy as auxiliaries. He was placed on the retired list at his own request on 9 June 1916, "in order to make room for the promotion of younger officers who are rendering important services to the Empire in this war".

Retirement From 1912 he was a Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire

Family In 1903 he married Millicent Evelyn Cecilia Crompton (1866-16 November 1950), the heiress of the Derbyshire banker John Gilbert Crompton; they had two sons, Colonel John Frederick Crompton-Inglefield (who served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1938) and Gilbert Samuel Inglefield (later Sir Gilbert Samuel Inglefield ARIBA TD KCB GBE FRSA, Lord Mayor of London).

Death Inglefield died on 8 August 1921 of septic poisoning, allegedly caused after an accident while rowing, at Flower Lillies, Windley, Derbyshire on 8 August 1921 at the age of 67. He was buried at Turnditch church.