Edward Codrington

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1775

Biography

Son of Sir William Codrington 1st bart and father of Christopher Bethell Codrington, Admiral Edward Codrington and Caroline Walrond (each of whom q.v.). London merchant, partner with John Miller. Inherited the Folly estate on Antigua from his father in 1741, which he reportedly sold in 1772. The estate is not mentioned in his will but he left his unspecified plantations in Antigua and elsewhere in the West Indies equally among his five children.

Sources

Will of Edward Codrington of Broad Street proved 26/01/1775, PROB 11/1004/246; Gloucestershire Archives, Papers of Edward Codrington https://catalogue.gloucestershire.gov.uk/records/D1610/5/1/2

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Rebecca Le Sturgeon

Children

Elizabeth; Caroline; Christopher; William John; Edward

Occupation

West India merchant and plantation owner

Associated Estates (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1741 [SY] - 1772 [EY] → Owner

Bath Lodge, formerly Folly [ Antigua ]

The Folly estate was left to Edward Codrington by his father Sir William Codrington bart. It was reportedly sold by him in 1772. Certainly it was not specified in Edward Codrington's will proved in 1775, under which he left his plantations in Antigua and elsewhere in the West Indies to his five children equally.

1771 [EA] - → Creditor

Clare Hall (previously Skerretts and Nugents) [ Antigua | St John ]

Edward Codrington lent Antonetta Nugent £17,500 (and became in consignee for the estate) in 1771 and then a further £10,000, presumably on mortgage although no mortgage record has been traced.