Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851)
Naval officer; he commanded a ship at Trafalgar and as commander-in-chief of the
Mediterranean in 1827 destroyed a Turkish fleet at Navarino. In 1831 Thomas Creevey
described him as “a real bore.”
Naval officer; he commanded a ship at Trafalgar and as commander-in-chief of the
Mediterranean in 1827 destroyed a Turkish fleet at Navarino. In 1831 Thomas Creevey
described him as “a real bore.”