Sir Edward Codrington

(1770-1851)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Codrington, Edward, Sir, 1770-1851 NRA: Codrington, Sir Edward (1770-1851) Knight Admiral DNB: Codrington, Sir Edward (1770-1851), naval officer LBT ID: EdCodri1851 VIAF ID: 57398877 LOC ID: nr2001016712	B/BAP: 1770-04-27 DIED: 1851-04-28
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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.”