Edward Augustus Inglefield

Sir
Edward Inglefield
KCB FRS FRGS
Sir Edward Inglefield KCB FRS FRGS
North America and West Indies Station
	Commander-in-Chief; 1 April 1878 – 27 November 1879
Preceded by	Sir Astley Key
Succeeded by	Sir Leopold McClintock
Personal details
Born	Edward Augustus Inglefield; 27 March 1820; Cheltenham, England
Died	4 September 1894 (aged 74); South Kensington, England
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery
Spouse	Eliza Johnston (m. 1857)
Children	Edward Fitzmaurice Inglefield
Parent	Samuel Hood Inglefield (father);
Awards	Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal (1853); Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1887);
Military service
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1832–1885
Rank	Admiral
Wars	Crimean War

Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield KCB FRS FRGS (27 March 1820 – 4 September 1894) was a Royal Navy officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and Lancaster Sound.

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.

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