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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 Sumner Eaton R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rev. Thomas Eaton (1806-) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 6 June 1840 | Born (Chester, Cheshire) | ||
| 16 October 1862 | Married Henrietta Amelia (1841-1895), daughter of Francis Flexmore (1801-1874) and divorced 1869 | ||
| September 1888 | Died (Ryde, Isle of Wight) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 20 September 1860 | Mate | ||
| 10 December 1861 | Lieutenant | ||
| 18 September 1873 | Commander | ||
| 6 June 1886 | Retired Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 10 December 1861 | 5 May 1862 | Lieutenant in Pelorus, commanded by Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, East Indies and China, then Australia (during the New Zealand War, including commanding the naval brigade) | |
| 6 May 1862 | 11 April 1863 | Lieutenant in Fawn, commanded by Commander Ralph Peter Cator, Australia | |
| 11 August 1863 | 2 March 1864 | Lieutenant in Adventure, commanded by Commander Charles Thomas Curme | |
| 14 April 1864 | 9 May 1864 | Additional Lieutenant in Fisgard, commanded by Commodore Hugh Dunlop, Woolwich, for service in Enterprise | |
| 10 May 1864 | 13 July 1868 | Lieutenant in Enterprise, commanded by Commander Charles John Rowley then Commander George Stanley Bosanquet, Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | |
| 25 February 1874 | 16 March 1877 | Commander (2ic) in Duncan, commanded by Captain Charles Thomas Curme then Captain St George Caulfield D'Arcy-Irvine, flagship, Sheerness | |
| 6 September 1877 | 11 September 1880 | Commander in Hornet, China | |
| 19 February 1882 | 15 June 1886 | Coast Guard, Ventnor | |
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