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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| James Wylie East R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of John East (1794-1856) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 21 October 1829 | Born (Croscombe, Sommerset) | ||
| 13 December 1855 | Married Ruth (1835-1916), daughter of George Augustus Cunningham (-1843) | ||
| 11 June 1893 | Died (Melcombe Regis, Dorset) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 3 September 1851 | Mate | ||
| 8 March 1854 | Lieutenant | ||
| 12 December 1863 | Commander | ||
| 29 December 1871 | Captain | ||
| 16 October 1884 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1888 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 3 September 1851 | 7 March 1854 | Mate in Ajax, commanded by Captain Michael Quin then Captain Frederick Warden, Queenstown (and June 1853 to Portsmouth) | |
| 11 March 1854 | 20 February 1856 | Lieutenant in Hogue, commanded by Captain William Ramsay, guard ship, Devonport, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 22 March 1856 | 24 May 1857 | Lieutenant in Tartar, commanded by Captain Hugh Dunlop, North America and West Indies | |
| 25 May 1857 | 1 July 1857 | Lieutenant in Victor, commanded by Commander Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey, North America and West Indies | |
| 1 February 1858 | 24 June 1858 | Lieutenant in Ajax, commanded by Captain John NcNeill Boyd, Coast Guard, Kingstown | |
| 25 June 1858 | 1 February 1862 | Lieutenant in Caesar, commanded by Captain Charles Frederick then Captain Thomas Henry Mason, Channel squadron, then (June 1858) central America, then (October 1859) Mediterranean (ship's log) | |
| 25 February 1862 | 15 December 1863 | Lieutenant in Impregnable, commanded by Commander (then Captain) Francisco Sangro Robert Dawson Tremlett, Devonport, training ship | |
| 15 February 1865 | 18 February 1868 | Coast Guard, Weymouth | |
| 9 December 1868 | 27 December 1870 | Commander in Lynx, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa | |
| 18 March 1871 | 31 March 1872 | Commander in Cockatrice, Mediterranean | |
| 15 December 1873 | 25 March 1875 | Additional Captain in Flora, commanded by Commander Clayton Mitchell, for service on Ascension Island | |
| 28 October 1879 | 7 March 1884 | Captain in Comus (from commissioning at Sheerness), China then Pacific | |
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