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Christopher Codrington

(1668—1710) colonial governor and benefactor


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(1668–1710),

soldier and colonial administrator. He left estates to found in Barbados a college of medicine and divinity, whose members were to do missionary work in the West Indies. The Codrington Missionary Training College was built in 1714–42.

Subjects: Christianity.

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Codrington, Christopher (1668-1710), colonial governor and benefactor
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Codrington, Christopher (1668 - 1710), Colonial Governors General, Philanthropists
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Codrington, Christopher
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