Rodney died at the age of 67 and was buried at the Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke, where there is a monument.
The first Baron Rodney was George Brydges Rodney (1718/19–92), a British naval admiral of Napoleonic times.
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The village was the home of, and is probably named after, Sir John Rodney (c1561–1612).
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Two nationally rare plants occur at Rodney Stoke: Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum) and the endemic Whitebeam (Sorbus anglica).