John Alfred Codrington
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John Alfred Codrington
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Lt Col John Alfred Codrington was a career British Army officer with a life-long interest in plants and flowers. He was born in London, the son of Lieutenant General Sir Alfred Codrington (1854–1945) and Adela Harriet née Portal (1859–1935). As a boy aged 6–7 he painted four sets of flowers, nineteen paintings in all. The interest never left him and, while serving, he would write long letters to Wild Flower Magazine. Educated at Harrow, Christ Church, Oxford and Strasbourg University; he served
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