Edward Codrington Biography

Birth of Edward Codrington

Lord Howe selects Codrington him to be signal lieutenant on the flagship of the Channel fleet at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars

Lord Howe selects Codrington him to be signal lieutenant on the flagship of the Channel fleet at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars

Appointed Commander

Appointed Commander

Commands HMS Orion in the weather column.

Created Knight Commander of the Bath

Appointed Vice Admiral

Commands the British Mediterranean squadron involved in enforcing the armistice policy arising from the London agreement.

The naval Battle happens more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied Commander in Chief Admiral Codrington aimed at coercing Ibrahim to obey Allied instructions. Destroys the Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino while in command of a combined British, French and Russian fleet. A fleet seeks out Turkish & Egyptian fleets sinking 50 & destroying the Turkish fleet

Leads the combined Allied fleet at Navarino after Ottoman-Egyptian forces refuse to comply with Allied demands.

Leads the Allied fleet in the battle that destroys the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet and transforms the diplomatic balance over Greece.

Commands the British contingent of the Allied fleet enforcing pressure for an armistice after Ottoman rejection of mediation.

Codringtons presence at Alexandria led to the Treaty of the 6 August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled

Attains the full rank of Admiral

Death of Edward Codrington