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from native chiefs there. While still in his twenties, he was appointed to the council of
Barbados, and then as deputy governor, entrusted with day-to-day administration in the absence of the Governor. In that capacity, he set about building schools and hospitals, suppressing smuggling, and
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regiment. The exact reasons for his removal are unclear, but on 12 November 1672 Lord
Willoughby wrote "My late Deputy Coll: Codrington hath harrassed them to death wth needless improssitions." After leaving the council, between 1674 and 1682 Codrington was elected several times to the
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appointed this son to succeed him as captain-general and commander-in-chief of the
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