Vice Admiral Everard John Hardman-Jones, CB, OBE (15 October 1881 – 28 June 1962) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Hardman-Jones joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896,[1] and was in February 1900 posted as a temporary midshipman to the cruiser Diadem serving in the Channel Fleet.

[2] He was confirmed in the rank of sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901,[3] and was posted to the sail training brig HMS Wanderer in late March 1902.

[5] He served in World War I initially as Signals Officer to Earl Jellicoe in his capacity as Second-in-Command of the Grand Fleet.

[7] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1933[8] and then served in World War II as Naval Officer-in-Charge at Newhaven[9] before retiring in 1944.