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Richard Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville (1542 – 1591) was an English sailor, sea captain and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World. He was in the fight against the Spanish Armada. He died in 1591 at the Battle of Flores, fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship, the Revenge ...
Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591) (alias Greynvile, Greeneville, Greenfield etc.) was an English Member of Parliament for Cornwall, Soldier, Sheriff of Cork '69-'70, Armed Merchant Fleet Owner, Privateer, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1576–77, Colonizer, and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight ...
Sir Richard Grenville (26 June 1600 – 21 October 1659) was a professional soldier from Cornwall, who served in the Thirty Years War, and 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was the younger brother of Sir Bevil Grenville , who died at Lansdowne in 1643, and grandson of Admiral Sir Richard , killed at Flores in 1591.
28 de nov. de 2020 · Sir Richard Grenville led the expedition and landed on Roanoke Island in 1584. Soon after settlement, he was responsible for burning a village inhabited by Carolina Algonquians, ending the previously friendly relations.
17 de jun. de 2020 · Richard Grenville vit le jour à Bideford, dans le Devon, en Angleterre, en 1542. Il était le fils de Roger Grenville, un membre de la noblesse locale. Les liens de Richard avec la mer commencèrent avec la mort de son père, noyé dans le tristement célèbre naufrage du Mary Rose , le navire amiral d' Henri VIII d'Angleterre (r. de 1509 à 1547).
The example of his famous grandfather and namesake, Sir Richard Grenville† of the Revenge, doubtless helped to point him to a military career.26 In 1618 he volunteered for service in the Netherlands, and graduated from there to the ill-fated regiment sent to protect the Palatinate against Imperial troops.
16 de jun. de 2020 · published on 16 June 2020. Download Full Size Image. A 20th century CE painting by Charles Dixon showing the battle in the Azores of 1591 CE when a Spanish fleet battled with the English galleon 'Revenge' captained by Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE). Grenville died of his wounds from the battle and the 'Revenge' was captured.
