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11 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Richard Grenville was a colourful and daring English naval commander who fought heroically, against overwhelming odds, in a celebrated encounter with a Spanish fleet off Flores Island in the Azores.
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Hace 1 día · Ralph Lane was appointed governor of the colony, and Philip Amadas would serve as admiral, although the fleet commander Sir Richard Grenville led the overall mission. Civilian attendants included Joachim Gans, metallurgist, Thomas Harriot, a scientist, and John White, an artist.
11 de jun. de 2024 · Richard Grenville An Elizabethan adventurer, mariner, and privateer whose life story is as entertaining as any fictional sailor
1 de jul. de 2024 · Carew relates, that, during the Cornish commotions in 1549, Sir Richard Grenville held this castle for awhile against the rebels; that having been induced to quit it, for the purpose of holding a parley with the besiegers, they intercepted his return, seized on the castle, sent him a prisoner to Launceston gaol, and plundered and ill ...
1 de jul. de 2024 · Not long after this, Sir Richard Grenville, having refused to take the chief command of the infantry under Lord Hopton as generalissimo, was committed to the prison at Launceston, Colonel Basset being then the governor: he was soon afterwards removed to the Mount .
Hace 5 días · General Richard Grenville (d. 1823), younger brother of Lord Glastonbury, in his lifetime gave £20 a year to the poor for food and clothing and left £600 in his will to continue his gift. A charitable trust was established and the money invested in annuities.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Dr. Grenville, NAMF’s President Emeritus, has developed groundbreaking research in the areas of blending and solids suspension, setting new standards in the field of industrial mixing.
