Background
Inglefield was the son of Admiral Sir Frederick Samuel Inglefield Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath FRGS Doctor of Laws, and Millicent Evelyn Cecilia Crompton the heiress of the Derbyshire banker John Gilbert Crompton.
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Gilbert Inglefield
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He was an Alderman of the City of London. In 1957, he was appointed chairman of the Barbican Committee, responsible for building the Barbican Estate, replacing Eric Wilkins, who had died. He appeared as a "castaway" on the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 1 July 1968.
On 23 September 1968, he laid the foundation stone of the relocated London Bridge, at Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States.
From 1950 to 1976 he lived at Eggington House, the manor house of the village of Eggington, near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. Gilbert Inglefield Middle School at Leighton Buzzard was named in his honour.
