Carrington, Codrington (1776-1776)

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Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Feb. 15, 1768. S. of Paul, Counsellor, deceased, of Barbados [and Mary Blower]. B. Oct. 5, 1749, at St Michael's, Bridgetown, Barbados. School, Eton. His career is not easy to trace; he apparently inherited the estates of an uncle, Codrington Carrington, and returned to Barbados. Codrington Carrington, Esq., of Barbados [the member of the College] married Martha, dau. of the Rev. Edmund Morris, R. of Nutshalling, Hants., Nov. 25, 1768 [their son was presumably Codrington Edmund Carrington, afterwards Chief Justice of Ceylon, for whom see D.N.B.]. But it is not quite certain that the father of the Chief Justice was the member of St John's; Codrington Edmund Carrington's father at the time of his son's admission at the Middle Temple, Nov. 2, 1787, was described as the Rev. Codrington Carrington, of Llangattock, Co. Monmouth, but his ordinations have not been traced. The Rev. Codrington Carrington, of Llangattock, is probably identical with the Codrington Carrington, owner of The Chapel, Barbados, whose daughter, Catherine, married Major Charles Frederick Napier, R.A. This supposition seems borne out by the fact that Henry Carrington (of Caius), Dean of Bocking, is described in his obituary notices as cousin of Lord Napier, of Magdala. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; Eton Coll. Reg.)

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