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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 Edward Stokes R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Robert Day Stokes (1802-1871) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 5 June 1838 | Born (St. Helier, Jersey) | ||
| 4 October 1870 | Married, firstly, Frances (1839-1894), daughter of Patrick Day Stokes | ||
| 1901 | Married. Secondly, Alice Maud (1880-1933), daughter of Henry Aldersley (1852-1898). Several months after her husbands death she may have remarried: Reginald Ernest Seggie (1875-1929) | ||
| 20 January 1914 | Died (Hove, Sussex) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 6 June 1857 | Mate | ||
| 26 May 1858 | Lieutenant | ||
| 1 June 1869 | Commander | ||
| 31 December 1881 | Captain | ||
| 5 June 1893 | Retired Captain | ||
| 9 November 1896 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 6 June 1857 | 2 June 1858 | Mate in Inflexible, commanded by Commander John Corbett then Commander George Augustus Cooke Brooker, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 3 June 1858 | 6 April 1859 | Lieutenant in Inflexible, commanded by Commander George Augustus Cooke Brooker, East Indies and China during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War | |
| 7 April 1859 | 12 August 1859 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by Captain William King Hall, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 1 February 1860 | 22 December 1860 | Lieutenant in Alecto, commanded by Commander Henry James Raby, west coast of Africa | |
| 23 December 1860 | 3 February 1861 | Lieutenant and commander in Brune, lent from Alecto | |
| 4 February 1861 | 19 October 1861 | Lieutenant in Alecto, commanded by Commander Henry James Raby, west coast of Africa | |
| 20 October 1861 | 15 September 1863 | Lieutenant and commander in Bloodhound, west coast of Africa | |
| 15 January 1864 | 5 October 1864 | Lieutenant in Hector, commanded by Captain George William Preedy, Channel squadron | |
| 6 October 1864 | 23 January 1866 | Lieutenant in Rattler, commanded by Commander John Whitmarsh Webb, China (but in Royal Mail steamer till 17 January 1865, then Leopard till 12 february 1865) | |
| 24 January 1866 | 20 April 1866 | Lieutenant and commander in Janus, China | |
| 21 April 1866 | 30 September 1866 | Lieutenant and commander in Forester, China | |
| 1 October 1867 | 24 August 1869 | Lieutenant and commander in Opossum, China (and until 6 Novenber 1869 on passage) | |
| 13 February 1872 | 1 July 1875 | Commander (2ic) in Indus, commanded by Captain Charles Fellowes then Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, Steam Reserve, Devonport | |
| 2 July 1875 | 29 July 1876 | Commander in Woodlark, North America and West Indies | |
| (17 March 1877) | 14 December 1877 | Commander in Dryad (until paying off at Plymouth), North America and West Indies | |
| 18 March 1879 | 25 May 1882 | Commander in Tyne, troop- and storeship | |
| 10 January 1886 | 3 March 1889 | Captain in Himalaya, troopship | |
| 18 July 1889 | 14 September 1889 | Captain in Glatton, for summer manoeuvres | |
| 19 March 1890 | 28 April 1890 | Captain in Victoria , taking the ship out to become flag-ship of the Mediterranean fleet | |
| 29 April 1890 | 21 May 1890 | Captain in Camperdown, bring the ship back from the Mediterranean | |
| 17 December 1890 | 8 May 1893 | Captain in Hotspur, Coast Guard ship, Harwich (including summer manoeuvres 8 July - 3 August 1891 and 21 July - 27 August 1892) | |
| 9 May 1893 | 4 June 1893 | Captain in Mersey, Coast Guard ship, Harwich | |
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