Dixie Coddington

Dixie Coddington (born 1726, baptised 31 Jan 1727, died 1794) was an Irish MP and army officer.

[1] Coddington was born in Drogheda, eldest son of Nicholas Coddington of Oldbridge and Mary Tenison, daughter of Henry Tenison MP, of Dillonstown, and Anne Moore of County Fermanagh.

[3] It was effectively a family seat, having been occupied for many years by his uncle Thomas Tennison.

He was High Sheriff of Meath in 1754, and an officer in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers.

He inherited a fortune from his uncle Thomas Tennison, MP and justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), who died in 1779.