Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, GCB, KCVO, CBE (20 June 1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1955 until his retirement in 1958.

Eccles joined the Royal Navy in 1916 during the First World War.

[1] He also served in the Second World War as Captain of HMS Durban on the China Station.

[2] Eccles then became Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1948.

[1] He went on to be Flag Officer Air (Home) in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and NATO Allied Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet in 1955 before retiring in 1958.