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Christopher Codrington (1640–1698)

1640–1698 · 17th century

Christopher Codrington was a Barbados-born planter and colonial governor who began large-scale sugar planting on Antigua in 1674. As governor-general of the Leeward Islands from 1689 he led English forces against the French during the Nine Years' War, retaking St Kitts. His family's Antigua and Barbuda estates made them among the richest planters in the English Caribbean.

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Colony of Antigua

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Christopher Codrington (1640–1698). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/christopher-codrington-1640-1698
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