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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Hext R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rev. John Hawkins Hext (1809-1878) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 14 October 1840 | Born (Devon) | ||
| 5 November 1874 | Married, firstly, Lillian Mary (1847-1893), daughter of David William Mitchell | ||
| January 1886 | Honorary Aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of India | ||
| 1 January 1889 | C.I.E. (Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire) | ||
| 4 August 1902 | Married, secondly, Jean (1861-1913), daughter of Rev. William Davidson (1811-1894) | ||
| 8 May 1924 | Died (Newton Abbot, Devonshire) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| December 1854 | Entered Navy | ||
| 16 June 1865 | Lieutenant | ||
| 28 March 1874 | Commander | ||
| 30 June 1882 | Captain | ||
| 5 November 1889 | Retired Captain | ||
| 10 May 1897 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 September 1865 | 31 March 1869 | Lieutenant in Perseus, commanded by Commander William Henry Cuming then Commander Charles Edward Stevens, China | |
| 1 April 1869 | 22 July 1872 | Lieutenant and commander in Firm, China | |
| 23 July 1872 | 19 August 1872 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain George Hancock, Portsmouth, training ship for seamen, on the books for full pay leave | |
| 20 August 1872 | 29 October 1872 | Lieutenant in Revenge, commanded by Captain Benjamin Spencer Pickard, flagship of the Port Admiral, Queenstown | |
| 30 October 1872 | 27 January 1874 | Lieutenant and commander in Decoy, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa | |
| 28 January 1874 | 27 March 1874 | Acting Commander in Argus, west coast of Africa | |
| 28 March 1874 | 16 July 1874 | Commander in Argus, west coast of Africa | |
| 17 July 1874 | 29 August 1874 | Additional Commander in Doris, commanded by Captain William Henry Edye, 1873 Flying Squadron, on passage | |
| 5 August 1875 | 13 October 1878 | Commander in Cruizer, training vessel, Mediterranean | |
| 14 October 1878 | 17 December 1879 | Commander in St Vincent, training ship for boys, Portsmouth | |
| 18 December 1879 | 10 August 1882 | Commander in Dryad (from commissioning at Plymouth), East Indies | |
| 11 August 1882 | 4 November 1882 | Additional Captain in Euryalus, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, East Indies, for Transport Service | |
| 26 February 1883 | 4 November 1889 | Director of Marine, Government of India | |
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