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which was used to supply the sugar estates with provisions and also earned commissions by salvaging the many ship wrecks on its reefs. These estates were managed by resident managers and attorneys. Many of their letters back to
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still exist and are available to read on microfilm and PDF in a collection known as the
Codrington Papers. In the 1830s, the British government emancipated the slaves, and Bethell-Codrington was compensated over ÂŖ30,000 for nearly 500 slaves in his ownership.
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Octavia Bethell-Codrington (d. 1895), who married Henry Lannoy Hunter, son of Henry Lannoy Hunter, in 1833.
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On 16 August 1796, he married Hon. Caroline
Georgina Harriet Foley, a daughter of
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Codrington was born in October 1764 to Edward Codrington and Rebecca (
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Emma Bethell-Codrington (d. 1884), who married John Harvey Lovell in 1843.
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.
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in 1758. He then changed his surname to Bethell-Codrington.
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Williams, M. J.; Fisher, David R. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.).
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and Elizabeth Bethell. Among his siblings was Admiral Sir
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820
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Christopher Bethell-Codrington's sugar estates included
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le Sturgeon) Codrington. His paternal grandparents were
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British politician, planter and amateur cricket player
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297:Sir William Codrington, 1st Baronet
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