See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

CHRISTOPHER See also:

• CHRISTOPHER CODRINGTON (1668-1710)
• CODRINGTON, SIR EDWARD (1770-1851)

CODRINGTON (1668-1710)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and colonial See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, whose See also:

• FATHER

father was See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the Leeward Isles, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• BARBADOS, or BARBADOES

Barbados, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, in 1668 . Educated at See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of All Souls, and subsequently served with the British forces in See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, being rewarded in 1695 with a captaincy in the See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he attended See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William III. on his visit to Oxford, and, in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the public orator, was chosen to deliver the University oration . In 1697, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his father, he was appointed captain-general and See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Leeward Isles . In 1703 he commanded the unsuccessful British expedition against See also:

• GUADELOUPE

Guadeloupe . After this he resigned his governorship, and spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life in retirement and study on his Barbados estates . He died on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1710, bequeathing these estates to the Society for the See also:

• PROPAGATION

Propagation of the See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel in See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign Parts for the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in Barbados . This college, known as the See also:

• CODRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER (1668-1710)
• CODRINGTON, SIR EDWARD (1770-1851)

Codrington college, was built in 1714-1742 . To All Souls College, Oxford, he bequeathed books See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth £6000 and £10,000 in See also:

• MONEY

money, out of which was built and endowed the Codrington library there .