William Codrington

For other people named William Codrington, see William Codrington (disambiguation).
William Codrington
Born 21 February 1832
Died 29 July 1888 (1888-07-30) (aged 56)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands held HMS Narcissus
HMS Lord Warden
HMS Hercules
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral William Codrington CB (21 February 1832 – 29 July 1888) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Junior Naval Lord.

Codrington appinted a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1855.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1869, he was given command of HMS Narcissus, HMS Lord Warden and then HMS Hercules.[1] He was appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1876 and Captain of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth in 1880.[1] He went on to be Captain of the Gunnery School at Portsmouth in 1881, Director of Naval Ordnance in 1882, Captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1883 and Junior Naval Lord in 1885.[1] His last appointment was as Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1886.[1]

Family

In 1879 he married Mary Auber Leach.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 William Loney RN
  2. ↑ The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Hewett		 Junior Naval Lord
1885–1886 		Succeeded by
Sir James Erskine
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.