Editing Edward Codrington (section)

{{short description|Royal Navy admiral}}
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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = Sir
|name              = Edward Codrington
|image         = Sir Edward Codrington by Henry Perronet Briggs.jpg
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|alt           = 
|caption       = ''Sir Edward Codrington'' by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1843
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1770|4|27|df=y}}
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1851|4|28|1770|4|27|df=y}}
|birth_place   = [[Dodington, Gloucestershire|Dodington]], England
|death_place   = [[London]], England
|placeofburial = 
|nickname      = 
|allegiance    = {{UK}}/[[British Empire]]
|branch        = {{flagicon|United Kingdom|naval}} [[Royal Navy]]
|serviceyears  = 
|rank          = [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
|servicenumber = 
|unit          = 
|commands      = [[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth|Portsmouth Command]]<br/>[[Mediterranean Fleet]]<br/>{{HMS|Orion|1787|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Druid|1783|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Babet|1794|6}}
|battles       = 
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* [[French Revolutionary Wars]]
** [[Glorious First of June]]
* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
** [[Battle of Trafalgar]]
** [[Walcheren Campaign]]
* [[War of 1812]]
* [[Greek War of Independence]]
** [[Battle of Navarino]]
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|awards        = [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Order of St. George|Order of St. George, 2nd Class]] (Russia)
|relations     = General [[William Codrington (British Army officer)|Sir William Codrington]] (son)<br/>Admiral of the Fleet [[Henry Codrington|Sir Henry Codrington]] (son)
|laterwork     = 
|signature     = Edward Codrington signature .jpg
}}
'''Sir Edward Codrington''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCB|FRS}} (27 April 1770 – 28 April 1851) was a British [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|admiral]], who took part in the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] and the [[Battle of Navarino]].