Christopher Codrington

E560863

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Christopher Codrington canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial governor ⓘ
person ⓘ
plantation owner ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
associatedWith All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
Codrington College ⓘ
contributedTo Anglican missionary work in the Caribbean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
donatedTo All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ⓘ
economicActivity slave-based plantation economy ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
educatedAt 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 ⓘ
linked to: Codrington College

Codrington Library at All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
memberOf Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Caribbean colonies
placeOfActivity Barbados ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Leeward Islands ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Barbados ⓘ
Governor of the Leeward Islands ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
socialRole colonial elite ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.