write a biography of John Codrington with references
John Codrington was a garden designer active in the 20th century. He was born in 1899 and had careers in the army (in which he held the rank of Lieutenant-General), films and the BOAC before taking up garden design professionally. This he did in 1958, working in England, France, Malta, Australia, South Africa, Madagascar, Ethiopia and Papua New Guinea. Codrington died in 1991.