Edward Codrington

Sir Edward Codrington (* April 27, 1770, † April 28, 1851 in Eaton Square, London) was a British admiral.

Being an old family, he commanded at Trafalgar as captain the ship of the line HMS Orion, took in 1809 on the expedition to Walcheren in part, fought in the next few years with a squadron to the coast of Spain against the French. Under the Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, he served it in America, 1813 Rear Admiral, Vice-Admiral in 1815 and took over as such command of the fleet in the Mediterranean, which should observe the Turkish naval power.

In association with the French squadron under Admiral de Rigny he urged Ibrahim Pasha, the commander of the Egyptian- Turkish war power in the Morea on 25 September 1827 a truce. As Ibrahim same procedure was injured and in the Morea to the cruelest Codrington took over the combined Anglo-French fleet, which also includes the Russian squadron came under Admiral Heiden, the supreme command. They wanted Ibrahim Pasha force to observe the cease-fire; but the hasty fire of the Turks led on October 20, the battle of Navarino, in which the majority of the Turkish- Egyptian fleet was destroyed.

France and Russia rewarded the winners with medals; also the British people rejoiced over the victory, and the king sent Codrington to the Bathorden. But the Tory government wove into the throne speech a word that contained a hidden criticism of the energetic intervention of Codrington. In July 1828 Codrington appeared before Alexandria and forced the evacuation of Mehemet Ali Moreas, but was dismissed in August 1828, took place only after the accession of William IV rebuilt the fullest recognition.

1831 Codrington commanded the crossing before the Lisbon fleet; In 1837 he was appointed admiral. From 1832 to 1839 he represented the town of Devonport in Parliament and voted with the Whigs, but resigned when he was appointed Commander in Chief at Portsmouth, and died as admiral of the red flag on April 28, 1851 in Eaton Square ( London).

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  • Admiral ( Royal Navy )
  • Person in the Napoleonic Wars (United Kingdom)
  • Philhellenism
  • Member of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
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  • Born in 1770
  • Died in 1851
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