Henry Codrington

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Sir Henry Codrington
Rear-Admiral Henry John Codrington (Lowes Cato Dickinson)
Born	17 October 1808
Died	4 August 1877
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1823 - 1872
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	HMS Orestes HMS Talbot HMS Queen HMS St Vincent HMS Thetis HMS Royal George Malta Dockyard Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	Oriental Crisis Crimean War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Henry John Codrington KCB (17 October 1808 – 4 August 1877) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.

Naval career

Born the son of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, Henry Codrington joined the Royal Navy in 1823.^[1] Promoter to Commander in 1831, he was given command of HMS Orestes in 1834.^[1] Promoted to Captain in 1836, he commanded HMS Talbot during the Oriental Crisis in 1840.^[1] He went on to command HMS Queen (his father's flagship), HMS St Vincent (his father's next flagship) and HMS Thetis.^[1] He went on to command HMS Royal George during the Crimean War.^[1]

He was appointed Admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1858 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1869.^[1]

Family

In 1849 he married Helen Jane Webb and, following a much publicised divorce in 1864 in which the Admiral accused his first wife of having a close relationship with Emily Faithfull,^[2] he married Catherine Compton in 1869.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 William Loney RN
↑ Emily Faithfull

Military offices
Preceded by Sir William Martin	Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1869–1872	Succeeded by Sir Henry Keppel

Authority control	VIAF: 22047420

Persondata
Name	Codrington, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	Royal Navy admiral
Date of birth	17 October 1808
Place of birth
Date of death	4 August 1877
Place of death

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