Inglefield was the son of Admiral Sir Frederick Samuel Inglefield KCB FRGS DL,[1] and Millicent Evelyn Cecilia Crompton[2] the heiress of the Derbyshire banker John Gilbert Crompton He was an Alderman of the City of London.
[3] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 1 July 1968; his chosen favourite piece of music, book and luxury item were "The Nightingale Chorus" from Handel's Solomon, A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell, and Botticelli's The Mystical Nativity from the National Gallery, respectively.
[4] On 23 September 1968, he laid the foundation stone of the relocated London Bridge, at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States.
[6] His brother, Colonel John Frederick Crompton-Inglefield of Parwich Hall, served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1938.
[1] Inglefield was knighted in the 1965 New Year Honours, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1968 Birthday Honours.