INGLEFIELD, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1820 1894), British admiral and explorer, was born at Cheltenham, on March 27, 1820, and educated at the Royal Naval College, Ports mouth. The boy went to sea at fourteen, saw service on the Syrian Coast in 184o, and in 1845 was promoted commander for gallant conduct at Obligado. In 1854 he was sent out on the Admiralty's last attempt to find Sir John Franklin. In the Crimean War Captain Inglefield took part in the siege of Sevasto pol. He was promoted admiral in 1877. Besides being an ex cellent marine artist, he invented the hydraulic steering gear and the Inglefield anchor. He died on Sept. 5, 1894.