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| William Codrington R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 21 February 1832 | | Born |
| 1879 | | Married Mary Auber, daughter of Benjamin Auber Leach and Emily Danvers, Viscountess Hambleden |
| April 1880 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), Civil branch |
| 1883 | 1886 | Naval aide de camp to Queen Victoria |
| 29 July 1888 | | Died (Shrublands, Tunbridge Wells) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 31 October 1855 | Lieutenant |
| 29 July 1864 | Commander |
| 1 June 1869 | Captain |
| 12 April 1886 | Rear-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 16 March 1856 | | Lieutenant commander in Leveret |
| 12 September 1864 | 22 November 1864 | Commander (2ic) in Warrior, commanded by Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, Channel squadron |
| 1 November 1864 | 7 August 1867 | Commander (2ic) in Victoria, commanded by James Graham Goodenough, Mediteranean |
| 19 April 1866 | 10 June 1867 | Commander (2ic) in Victoria, commanded by Alan Henry Gardner, flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget, Mediteranean |
| 10 June 1867 | 7 August 1867 | Commander in Victoria (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediteranean |
| 1 December 1870 | 22 May 1877 | Captain in Narcissus (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of the Flying squadron |
| 20 January 1874 | March 1875 | Captain in Lord Warden, flagship of Vice-Admiral James Robert Drummond, Mediterranean |
| March 1875 | 23 February 1876 | Captain in Hercules, flagship of Vice-Admiral James Robert Drummond, Mediterranean |
| 24 February 1876 | | Additional Captain in Fisgard |
| 1876 | 13 May 1880 | Private secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty, George Ward Hunt, then (August 1877) William Henry Smith |
| (1880) | | Captain of the Steam Reserve, Portsmouth |
| 21 June 1881 | 6 April 1883 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
| December 1882 | April 1883 | Director of Naval Ordnance |
| 6 April 1883 | 17 July 1885 | Captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard |
| 1 July 1885 | 6 February 1886 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) |
| April 1886 | November 1887 | Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard |
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