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  Sir Edward ,Codrington - LoveToKnow 1911
Edward Codrington was sent for a short time to Harrow, and entered the navy in July 1783.
As the battle had been unforeseen in England, and its result was unwelcome to the ministry of the day, Codrington was entangled in a correspondence to prove that he had not gone beyond his instructions, and he was recalled by a despatch, dated the 4th of June.
Codrington had heard on the 22nd of June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25th of July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the 6th of August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
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 Edward Codrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington GCB (April 27, 1770 – April 28, 1851) was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino.
Codrington and Orion were engaged at the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, where Orion was stationed to the rear of the northern division and therefore took two hours to reach battle.
Codrington had heard on the 22 June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25 July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the 6 August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
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 Edward Codrington
Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851) was a British admiral and hero of the Battle of Trafalgar.
In December 1826 Codrington was appointed once again to the Mediterranean command, and sailed on the February 1 1827.
Sir Edward Codrington left two sons, Sir William (1804-1884), a commander in the Crimean War, and Sir John Henry (1808-1877), a naval officer, who died an admiral of the fleet.
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 Christopher Codrington - LoveToKnow 1911
CHRISTOPHER CODRINGTON (1668-1710), British soldier and colonial governor, whose father was captain-general of the Leeward Isles, was born in the island of Barbados, West Indies, in 1668.
Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he was elected a fellow of All Souls, and subsequently served with the British forces in Flanders, being rewarded in 1695 with a captaincy in the Guards.
This college, known as the Codrington college, was built in 1714-1742.
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CODRINGTON, SIR EDWARD (1770-1851), British admiral, belonged to a family long settled at Dodington in Gloucester-shire.
He was the youngest of three brothers, who were left orphans at an early age, and were educated by an uncle, Mr Bethell.
He next commanded the " Druid " (32) in the Channel and on the coast of Portugal, till she was paid off in 1797.
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 Our Story
Edward Codrington, son of Sir William Codrington 1st Bart, inherited the Folly, alias the mountain, plantation in Antigua, which he sold in 1772.
Edward died in 1774, leaving three sons of whom the eldest, C B Codrington, inherited the estates of both his uncles, Sir William Codrington, 2nd Bart., and Chris Bethel.
Codrington leased the whole of Barbuda from the Crown (from 1677 until 1870) in an exchange for "one fat sheep on demand".
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 Battle of Navarino - Phantis
Codrington arrived on September 12 and instituted a blockade.
The Turks made several attempts to leave the bay and sail north, but they were repelled each time by Codrington's presence and by adverse weather, and by the arrival of a French squadron under de Rigny on October 13 which caused the Turks to return to port.
On 17 October Codrington, de Rigny and van der Heiden tried to arrange an armistice between Ibrahim Pasha and the Greek forces.
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 13Codrington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, born in 1770, was the third son of the late Edw.
Codrington was in consequence promoted to the com mand of the Comet fire-ship, in which he continued until posted into the Babet, of 22 guns, 6 April, 1795.
Codrington at length returned home in the early part of 1813, bearing with him the good wishes of all with whom he had been in any way connected, and recommended in the strongest manner both by the Spanish government and by Sir Edw.
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 Admiral Codrington - ultimatepubguide.com
Edward Codrington spent most of his life trying to kill Frenchmen, but such was his length of service in the Navy and the frequency of wars at the end of the 18th and start of the 19th Century, that he also had a try at killing Americans and Turks.
Codrington joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1783 and was involved in the first major naval engagement of the war with France off Finistere in 1793; by 1795 he had risen to the rank of Captain.
Codrington, then captain of HMS Tonnant, was engaged in several actions against the Americans, including the capture of Washington and the destruction of the American fleet in Penobscot Bay.
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 Sir Edward Codrington - Phantis
Sir Edward Codrington (April 27, 1770- April 28, 1851) was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino.
On October 20, 1827, along with French admiral Henri de Rigny and Russian admiral Login Petrovich Van Der Heyden, he destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian naval forces at the Battle of Navarino while in command of a combined British, French and Russian fleet.
Codrington had heard on the 22nd of June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25th of July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the August 6, 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
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 SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON ... - Online Information article about SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON ...
day, Codrington was entangled in a correspondence to prove that he had not gone beyond his instructions, and he was recalled by a despatch, dated the 4th of June.
Codrington had heard on the 22nd of June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25th of July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the 6th of See also:
August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
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 Some Descendants of Alexander Henry - pafg15.asp - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Eloise Winston was born on 7 Mar 1899.
(Edward Codrington Carrington, Elizabeth Henry Preston, Sarah Buchanan Campbell, Elizabeth Henry, John, Alexander) was born on 6 Jun 1849 in Botetourt Co., VA. He died on 31 Jan 1915 in Baltimore, MD.
Edward Codrington Carrington IV was born on 10 Apr 1872.
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 Orion
Was the third son of Edward Codrington, of Dodington Park, Gloucestershire, and grandson of Sir William Codrington, 1st Bart of Dodington, and was born in 1770.
She was commissioned by Captain Codrington in May 1805, who sailed leaving behind a young bride of two years and two young sons, one only recently born.
Orion was eighth in the line led by Admiral Nelson, and Codrington had time to view the unparalleled sight as the two fleets converged, each with their attendant frigates.
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 Science Fair Projects - Edward Codrington
On the 20 October 1827 he destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian naval forces at the Battle of Navarino while in command of a combined British, French and Russian fleet.
He commanded a training squadron in the Channel in 1831 and became admiral on the 10th of January 1837.
Codrington died on the 28th of April 1851.
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 Naval History of Great Britain by William James   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On the 25th of September Sir Edward Codrington, in the presence of Admiral de Rigny, had an interview with Ibrahim Dacha, at Navarin.
The pacha commanded the Turkish fleet, and was likewise commander-in-chief of the land forces, a considerable portion of which was at Patras.
So cautious was Sir Edward Codrington not to give offence, that his own interpreter was not present.
www.pbenyon.plus.com /Naval_History/Vol_VI/P_474.html   (297 words)

  
 The Admiral Codrington - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Edward Codrington was the captain of HMS Orion at the Battle of Trafalgar, one of England's finest hours and a pivotal event in European history.
The Admiral Codrington reopened in June 1999 after a complete refurbishment, designed by Nina Campbell.
The Admiral Codrington is now also the home of London Bridge, London's newest Bridge Club.
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 Some Descendants of Alexander Henry - pafg19.asp - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Ozeph was born on 1 Jul 1867 in Como, Panola Co., MS.
(Edward Codrington Carrington, Edward Codrington Carrington, Elizabeth Henry Preston, Sarah Buchanan Campbell, Elizabeth Henry, John, Alexander) was born on 10 Apr 1872 in Washington, DC.
Edward Codrington Carrington V was born on 13 Oct 1903.
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 The Battle of Navarino, 20 October 1827 : National Maritime Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Consequent to the signing of the Treaty of London in 1827, the signatories Britain, France and Russia were all committed to enforcing peace in the Archipelago and although Greece agreed to an armistice Turkey did not.
When they were in place, with Codrington on board the 'Asia', 82 guns, the objective was to prevent the Turco-Egyptian fleet from leaving.
Past her stern the starboard view of the flagship of the Turkish admiral, Capitan Bey, is barely visible and is engaged to starboard by Codrington's flagship, 'Asia', in starboard-quarter view.
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 Gen. Francis Smith Preston 1765-1835   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Eliza Henry Preston b.8-11-1796 d.1-11-1877, second child of Gen. Francis and Sally Campbell Preston, was born in Saltville, VA. She married General Edward Codrington Carrington, who was given a medal for gallant services in the War of 1812.
Edward C. Carrington, was a Captain in the War with Mexico, was a Member of the Virginia Legislature, Brig.
Virginia P. Carrington (third child of Eliza Preston and Edward C. Carrington) died unmarried and is buried in Aspenvale Cemetery.
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 Our Story
Although we had difficulty extracting sufficient information from the Codrington Papers, Museum documents and the Archives which concretely showed the Codrington’s profits in Antigua, one thing is sure, a family of such shrewd businessmen, would not have continued for generations in a business which was not extremely profitable.
The treatment of the first Codrington owners may have been instrumental in establishing a relatively benevolent treatment by the slaves on their estates.
During the 1736 slave plot, one of the ten leaders was the creole slave “Jacko” belonging to Sir William Codrington.
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 Conqueror 134
Christopher Codrington (later Bethell-Codrington by Royal Licence in 1797), of Dodington, Gloucestershire, * 1764, + 1843, Md. 1796, Hon.
Edward Codrington, Adm. of the Blue, Sir, (he commanded HMS Orion at Trafalgar; one of Nelson’s Band of Brothers), * 1770, + 1851, Md. 1802, Jane Hall, + 1837, d.
Emma Cecilia Codrington, of Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, * 1930.
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 Kurzbiographie Admiral Sir Edward Codrington
Codrington war einer der Auserwählten, die die Nachricht vom Sieg überbringen durften (offensichtlich schickte man präventiv mehr als einen Boten, um sicherzugehen).
Wie alle Trafalgar-Kommandanten erhielt Edward Codrington eine Goldmedaille, den Ehrensäbel der Patriotischen Vereinigung und den Dank des Parlaments.
Codrington bekam dann 1831 das Kommando über die Kanalflotte und setzte seine Flagge auf der CALEDONIA (120).
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 Navarino
On 1 October, off the Ionian Islands, British Vice-Admiral Edward Codrington took command of the combined squadron of three fleets.
Then Codrington, Geiden and French commander de Reney resolved to cast anchor at Navarino, directly opposite the Turkish-Egyptian fleet, and force the Turks to submit to the allied demands by a massive demonstration of force.
Shortly after the battle Admiral Codrington was recalled to London.
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 Requiem for the Chiefs
About Codrington: during the battle of the Alma he wasn't allowed to team up with the guards, in the later stages he became C.I.C. why Codrington who, as I saw in your article returned home?
Codrington - yes the Guards were anxious to operate as an entity apart at the Alma - Codrington himself was a Coldstreamer, but commanding a Light Division Brigade.
He was universally extremely popular which may have counted for a lot at that late stage of the War.
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 Battle of Navarino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ottoman-Egyptian fleet, which had been warned by the British and French to stay away, left Alexandria on 5 August 1827 and arrived at Navarino on 8 September.
The Ottomans made several attempts to leave the bay and sail north, but they were repelled each time by Codrington's presence and by adverse weather, and by the arrival of a French squadron under de Rigny on 13 October which caused the Ottomans to return to port.
On 16 August Codrington, de Rigny and Geiden tried to arrange an armistice but the Turks declined the terms of the armistice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Navarino   (1428 words)

  
 Codrington, Sir Edward - HighBeam Encyclopedia
He commanded the combined British, French, and Russian fleet that in 1827 destroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleets in the battle of Navarino.
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