Editing Edward Codrington (section)

==Later years==
[[File:Sir Edward Codrington royalnavyhistory05clowuoft 0191.jpg|thumbnail|left|Lithograph of the Admiral, circa 1897]]
[[Image:Portrait study of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington 1835.jpg|thumb|right|Admiral Codrington, MP for Devonport, painted for the [[Reform Act 1832|reformed House of Commons]] picture by [[Sir George Hayter]] in 1836]]
After his return home, Codrington spent some time in defending himself, and then in leisure abroad. He commanded a training squadron in the Channel in 1831 and became a full admiral on 10 January 1837. He was elected member of parliament for [[Devonport (constituency)|Devonport]] in 1832, and sat for that constituency until he accepted the [[Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds|Chiltern Hundreds]] in 1839. From November 1839 to December 1842 he was [[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth]].{{sfn|Hannay|1911}}

On 5 October 1835, under the terms of the [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]], Codrington was awarded government compensation of £2,588 6s 6d for the 190 slaves he had owned at the Rooms plantation on [[Antigua]], and who had been freed under the terms of the act.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Details of Claim {{!}} Legacies of British Slave-ownership|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/1120|access-date=2020-06-15|website=ucl.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slave-ownership|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/40899|access-date=2020-06-15|website=ucl.ac.uk}}</ref>

Codrington died in London on 28 April 1851. He left two sons, both of whom achieved distinction in the British armed forces. [[William Codrington (British Army officer)|Sir William Codrington]] (1804–1884) was a commander in the [[Crimean War]]. [[Henry Codrington|Sir Henry Codrington]] (1808–1877), a naval officer, became an [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]]. A third son, Edward Codrington, was a [[midshipman]] aboard {{HMS|Cambrian|1797|2}} when he died sometime in 1821 or 1822 in the Mediterranean. He had been taking a cutter to [[Hydra (island)|Hydra]] when a squall overturned the boat, drowning him, a merchant, and three crewmen.<ref>{{harvnb|Marshall|1823|loc= Vol. 1, Part 2, pp. 875–876}}</ref>

Codrington was buried in [[St Peter's Church, Eaton Square]], but in 1954 the remains were reburied at [[Brookwood Cemetery]] in Surrey, plot number 70. Plaques to his memory can be found in [[St Paul's Cathedral]]<ref>"Memorials of St Paul's Cathedral" [[William Sinclair (Archdeacon of London)|Sinclair, W.]] p. 455: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909.</ref> and [[All Saints Church, Dodington]], close to the family home,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorial.cfm?EventGroup=11&MemorialID=M2036|title=Codrington, Edward|work=Maritime Memorials|publisher=National Maritime Museum|access-date=11 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014326/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorial.cfm?EventGroup=11&MemorialID=M2036|archive-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> and there is a large [[obelisk]] dedicated to the memory of him and the other officers at Navarino at [[Pylos]] in Greece.

Numerous roads are named after him in Greece<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=17141&subid=2&pubid=7144188 |script-title=el:Οι δρόμοι Κοδριγκτώνος, Δεριγνύ και Χέυδεν και η ιστορία τους – αποψεις , τριανταφύλλου |language=el |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303105803/http://www.sentragoal.gr/article.asp?catid=17141&subid=2&pubid=7144188 |archive-date=3 March 2010 |access-date=15 January 2013}}</ref> and stamps with his figure have been issued. At least three pubs; one in south-west London<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/WLD/15967/admiral-codrington-chelsea|accessdate=2021-10-04|title=Admiral Codrington, Chelsea|publisher=whatpub}}</ref> and two now-closed pubs in Coventry<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/warwickshire/coventry_admiralcodrington.html|title=Admiral Codrington, Coventry, another closed pub|accessdate=2021-10-04|publisher=closedpubs.co.uk}}</ref> and south-east London<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/london/se5_camberwell_admiralcodrington.html|title=Admiral Codrington, Camberwell another closed pub|accessdate=2021-10-04|publisher=closedpubs.co.uk}}</ref> are named after him.

In June 2020, a plaque in Brighton commemorating Codrington was removed following protest over the commemoration of a slave owner as part of the [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plaque to slave-owning Admiral is taken down|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18514212.brighton-plaque-slave-owning-admiral-taken/|access-date=2020-06-15|website=The Argus|date=12 June 2020 }}</ref>
[[File:Codrington Family Plot 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Codrington is buried in the family plot in [[Brookwood Cemetery]]]]