CODRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER 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 served later on with the British forces in Flanders, being rewarded in 1695 with a captaincy in the Guards. In 1697, he was appointed captain-general and com mander-in-chief of the Leeward Isles. In 1703 he commanded the unsuccessful British expedition against Guadeloupe. After this he resigned his governorship and spent the rest of his life in retire ment and study on his Barbados estates. He died on April 7, 1710, bequeathing these estates to the Society for the Propaga tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the foundation of a college in Barbados. This college, known as the Codrington college, was built in 1714-42.