CODRINGTON, SIR EDWARD, ADMIRAL, G.C.B. was born in 1770. He was a grandson of Sir Edward Codringtou, first baronet, of Dodington, Gloucestershire. He entered the navy July 18, 1783, and served in several ships till he became lieutenant, May 28, 1793. He served as lieutenant on board the Queen Charlotte, 100 guns, Lord Howe'e flag-ship, in the victory over the French fleet eff Brest, June 1, 1794, and was appointed to bear to England the duplicate despatches. He was in consequence promoted to the rank of captain, and continued in active service till 1797. He was unemployed from this time till 1805, when he was appointed to the command of the Orion,' 74, and was engaged in the battle of Trafalgar. For his services in this victory be was rewarded by a gold medaL He left the Orion' in December 1806, and in November 1808 was appointed to the command of the 'Blake,' 74, in which ship he sailed under Lord Gardner in the expe dition to Walcheren, and was thanked for his services in forcing the Schelde in August 1809. In 1810,1811, and 1812, Captain Codringtou was employed on the coasts 'of Spain, in the defence of Cadiz and Tarragona, and in co-operating with the Spanish patriots in Catalonia. In January 1813 he returned to England.
In 1814 Captain Codrington sailed to North America, and while there was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral, and was appointed captain of the fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane. He took part iu the attack on New Orleans. At the conclusion of the war with the United States
he returned to England, and was created a knight commander of the Bath, January 2, 1815. He attained the rank of vice-admiral July 10, 1821.
Sir Edward Codrington was appointed, November 1, 1826, com mander-in-chief of a squadron in the Mediterranean destined to observe the Turco-Egyptian fleet, and hoisted his flag on board the 'Asia,' 84. He was joined by a French and a Russian squadron, and the battle of Navarino took place October 20, 1827; when the Turco Egyptian fleet, consisting of 81 ships of war, was almost entirely destroyed. For this victory Sir Edward Codrington was advanced to the dignity of knight grand cross of the Bath; but as there was much doubt among politicians as to the propriety of destroying this fleet, and the Duke of Wellington admitted that it was an "untoward event," Sir Edward was recalled from the Mediterranean in April 1828. Iu 1832 he was elected M.P. for the borough of Davenport, and was re-elected in 1835, and again in 1937. He was of liberal politics, and very popular. In 1837 he attained the full rank of admiral, and on the 22nd of November 1839 was appointed commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, when he resigned his seat as a member of parliament. He occupied his station at Portsmouth for the usual term of three years. He bad a good-service pension of 300/. a year. He died in London, April 29, 1851.