Codrington, Christopher (1668–1710), colonial governor, plantation and slave owner and benefactor, was born in the parish of St John, Barbados, the elder son of Christopher Codrington (1639/40–1698), member of the council and later deputy governor of Barbados and governor-general of the Leeward Islands...
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Colston, Edward (1636–1721), merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist, was born on 2 November 1636 in Temple Street, Bristol, the eldest of probably eleven children (six boys and five girls) of William Colston (1608–1681), a merchant, and his wife, Sarah, née Batten...