Sir Kenneth John Eaton was a Royal Navy officer who served as Controller of the Navy from 1989 to 1994, as well as President of the Society for Nautical Research from 2020 to 2022.
13 Facts About Kenneth Eaton
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Kenneth Eaton joined the Royal Navy in 1953, as a Special Entry Cadet and was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant in 1957.
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Kenneth Eaton then served on the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, at the shore establishment HMS Collingwood and the destroyer HMS Bristol from 1965 to 1971.
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Kenneth Eaton then worked on the Defence Communications Network from 1971 to 1972 and then returned to the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment where he remained until joining the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1976.
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Kenneth Eaton was appointed assistant director of Communications Planning in 1979, assistant director of Command Systems in 1981, Director of Torpedoes in 1983 and Director-General of Underwater Weapons for the Navy in 1985.
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Kenneth Eaton was promoted to full admiral in 1993 and retired on 3 August 1994.
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Kenneth Eaton was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1990 Birthday Honours and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 New Year Honours.
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Kenneth Eaton was Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2007.
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Kenneth Eaton was a member of the Society for Nautical Research from 1986, then served as a council member in 2010, chairman in 2011 and finally became President in 2020, a post he remained in until his death.
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In 2004, Kenneth Eaton was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Sciences Degree from Aston University.
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In 1959, Kenneth Eaton married Sheena Buttle; they had two sons and a daughter.
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Kenneth Eaton died at home on 20 July 2022, at the age of 87 after a short illness.
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Kenneth Eaton was buried at The Church of Our Lady of Warnford on 17 August 2022.