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Edward Codrington RN is Notable.
Edward Codrington, son of Edward Codrington and his wife, Rebecca Lestourgeon, was baptised at St Botolph Bishopsgate on the 8th of June 1770. [1]
He married Jane Hall of Jamaica at Old Windsor in Berkshire on the 27th of December 1802. [2]
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On the 25th of February 1812 one of his midshipmen, Henry Adam Lennox, fell overboard and was lost. The young man was son of the 4th Duke of Richmond. [3]
Jane died in 1837 and was buried at Brighton in Sussex on the 26th of January. [4]
Edward died after a few months' illness on the 28th of April 1851 and was buried in St. Peter's Church, Eaton Square. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Baptismal record St Botolph, Bishopsgate (8 June 1770 Edward Codrington son of Edward and Rebecca) Viewed a Ancestry. Text only
- ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 FHL Film Number 88483 (Old Windsor, Berkshire 27 Dec 1802 Edward Codrington married Jane Hall) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
- ↑ National Probate Calendar (6 January 1876 The Right Honourable Henry Adam Lennox of Goodwood Park died 25 February 1812 at sea effects under £450 Administration granted to Charles Henry Lennox 6th duke of Richmond sole executor of the will of Charles 4th Duke of Richmond)
- ↑ England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 FHL Film Number 1067132 (Brighton, Sussex 26 Jan 1837 Jane Codrington) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 11 Codrington, Edward by John Knox Laughton
- J. K. Laughton, ‘Codrington, Sir Edward (1770–1851)’, rev. Roger Morriss, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2016 accessed 24 April 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries whose library subscribes.
