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See also:CODRINGTON, See also:CHRISTOPHER (1668-1710) , See also:British soldier and colonial See also:governor, whose See also:father was See also:captain-See also:general of the Leeward Isles, was See also:born in the See also:island of See also:Barbados, See also:West Indies, in 1668. Educated at See also: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 of All Souls, and subsequently served with the British forces in See also:Flanders, being rewarded in 1695 with a captaincy in the See also:Guards. In the same See also: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 of the public orator, was chosen to deliver the University oration. In 1697, on the See also:death of his father, he was appointed captain-general and See also:commander-in-See also:chief of the Leeward Isles. In 1703 he commanded the unsuccessful British expedition against See also:Guadeloupe. After this he resigned his governorship, and spent the See also:rest of his See also:life in retirement and study on his Barbados estates. He died on the 7th of See also:April 1710, bequeathing these estates to the Society for the See also:Propagation of the See also:Gospel in See also:Foreign Parts for the See also:foundation of a See also:college in Barbados. This college, known as the Codrington college, was built in 1714-1742. To All Souls College, Oxford, he bequeathed books See also:worth £6000 and £10,000 in See also:money, out of which was built and endowed the Codrington library there.
End of Article: CODRINGTON, CHRISTOPHER (1668-1710)
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