William Codrington (Royal Navy officer)

Codrington appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1855.^[1] Promoted to captain in 1869, he was given command of HMS Narcissus, HMS Lord Warden and then HMS Hercules.^[1] He was appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1876 and Captain of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth in 1880.^[1] He went on to be Captain of the Gunnery School at Portsmouth in 1881, Director of Naval Ordnance in 1882, Captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1883 and Junior Naval Lord in 1885.^[1] His last appointment was as Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1886.^[1]

In 1879 he married Mary Auber Leach.^[2] His eldest son was H. W. Codrington.^[3]