sentences:  Along with James Ware, Samuel Bosanquet and William Houlston, Boddington was involved in setting up the School for the Indigent Blind, St George's Fields, Southwark in 1799 housed in what used to be the notorious Dog and Duck tavern.Both he and his brother, Benjamin Boddington were West Indian merchants, based in 17 Mark Lane, London.He retired in 1794, whereon his son, Benjamin Boddington, took his place.