of Sevastopol. After the Crimean War, he captained a number of ships and continued to rise through the ranks. In 1869, he was made a rear admiral and three years later was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard. Promotions to vice admiral and then admiral followed, between which he was knighted. In 1878, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station. 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: Henry Beaufort Willmot Inglefield (1859–1926), who married Mary Lucia MacHugh, Lady Holker in 1894. She was the widow of Sir John Holker (1828–1882). 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. References Footnotes 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. External links 1820 births 1894 deaths 19th-century English painters 19th-century English male artists Military personnel from Gloucestershire Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery English male painters English polar explorers Explorers of the Arctic Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Royal Society Edward Augustus Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Landscape artists Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War