Admiral Sir Kenneth John Eaton GBE

Order of the British Empire

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 KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (born 12 August 1934) is a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who served as Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

 between 1989 and 1994.

Naval career

Educated at Borden Grammar School

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 and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

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, Eaton joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 and was confirmed as a Sub-lieutenant in 1957. He 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. He went on to become Commander of HM Naval Base Portsmouth

HMNB Portsmouth

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 in 1987 and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

 in 1989.

In retirement he became Chairman of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust

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, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

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 and the Mary Rose Trust

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