Christopher Codrington

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British colonial governor person plantation owner soldier

Christopher Codrington was a 17th–18th century British colonial governor, soldier, and plantation owner in the Caribbean whose wealth and bequests helped found Codrington College in Barbados.

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Label	Occurrences
Christopher Codrington canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial governor ⓘ person ⓘ plantation owner ⓘ soldier ⓘ
associatedWith	All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Codrington College NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	Anglican missionary work in the Caribbean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
donatedTo	All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	slave-based plantation economy ⓘ sugar production ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford University
era	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial governance ⓘ military service ⓘ plantation agriculture ⓘ
heritage	English ⓘ
influenced	development of higher education in Barbados ⓘ
involvedIn	transatlantic slave economy ⓘ
knownFor	founding endowment of Codrington College, Barbados ⓘ ownership of Caribbean sugar plantations ⓘ participation in British colonial expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
legacy	Codrington College, Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ Codrington Library at All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAward	Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
notableWork	bequest for the foundation of Codrington College ⓘ bequest to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ planter ⓘ soldier ⓘ
owned	enslaved Africans on his Caribbean estates ⓘ sugar plantations in Barbados ⓘ
partOf	British Empire in the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Leeward Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Barbados ⓘ Governor of the Leeward Islands ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ
socialRole	colonial elite ⓘ landed gentry ⓘ

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Codrington → hasNotableBearer → Christopher Codrington ⓘ

The Warden and the College of the Souls of All Faithful People Deceased in the University of Oxford → benefactor → Christopher Codrington ⓘ