PRIME Minister and Witney MP David Cameron will write to the family of Alexander Codrington after the aristocrat’s son was found dead in woodland, it emerged last night.

The 16-year-old, whose father is baronet Sir Christopher Codrington, is thought to have killed himself shortly before dawn on Friday near the West Oxfordshire village of Fordwells after an hour-long conversation with police on a mobile phone.

It was reported that the teenager and Stowe School pupil had just split up from his girlfriend.

Mr Cameron lives just six miles from the Codringtons’ family home in Fordwells.

A spokesman for 10 Downing Street said: “The Prime Minister is very saddened to hear this tragic news and will be writing to the family.”

The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating how officers handled the incident.

Last night, spokesman Trish Keville said she did not know when the investigation would be complete.