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Co-heir with siblings William John Codrington and Caroline Codrington of their uncle Christopher Bethell, who left them the Room estate on Antigua and the enslaved people on it. Descendant of the 'old Codrington family of Dodington, Gloucestershire' according to the ODNB and the third son of Edward Codrington (1732–1775) of London and his wife, Anne [other sources give Rebecca] née Sturgeon ...
Head and face turned to left, in uniform and cloak; Battle of Navarino 20 October, 1827, below.
Codrington was a co-heir with his siblings, William John Codrington and Caroline Codrington, of their uncle Christopher Bethell, who on his death in 1797 left them the Room estate on Antigua and the enslaved people on it. In 1834, Codrington claimed compensation from the UK government's Slave Compensation Commission.
Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Portrait painter, collector and President of the Royal Academy. Artist or producer associated with 699 portraits, Sitter in 25 portraits.
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Edward Codrington (1770–1851) joined the navy at the age of thirteen. Having narrowly avoided freezing to death in Nova Scotia three years later, he went on to serve during some of the most important naval conflicts of his time. This two-volume biography was first published in 1873, and combines his own accounts with the research of his daughter Lady Bourchier. Volume 1 introduces his friend ...
