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Search for: 'Sir Richard Grenville' in Oxford Reference ». (1542–91),English landowner whose name will always be associated with the last fight of the Revenge. He was born at Buckland Abbey, Devon, and was Sir Walter Raleigh's cousin. Little is known of his early life except that he killed a man in a duel, was admitted a student of the Inner ...
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 ...
Definition. Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE) was an Elizabethan adventurer, mariner, and privateer whose life story is as entertaining as any fictional sailor. His early career saw him become a Member of Parliament, a soldier in Hungary, and a plantation owner in Ireland. Grenville took the first English colonists to North America in 1585 ...
Sir Richard Grenville (1541-1591): Descendiente de una conocida familia de marinos de Cornwall, su padre sirvió en 1545 al mando del Mary Rose, barco en el que murió. Fue un joven agresivo que mató a un hombre en una pelea callejera y luchó contra los turcos en Hungría. Se trasladó a Munster en Irlanda y se unió a los planes de ...
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.
Richard Grenville, 1571. Sir Richard Grenville (* 6.Juni 1542 in Clifton House in Devonshire; † 10. September 1591 auf hoher See bei den Azoren) war ein englischer Seemann, Entdeckungsreisender und Soldat der Elisabethanischen Zeit, bekannt durch sein draufgängerisches „letztes Gefecht“ gegen die Spanier mit der Revenge
Richard Grenville. Sir Richard Grenville, o Greynvile (Clifton House, 6 giugno 1542 – Oceano Atlantico, 10 settembre 1591), è stato un corsaro, navigatore e politico inglese, membro dei Sea Dogs ed eroe nazionale inglese per aver affrontato con la sua nave, la Revenge, la flotta spagnola al largo delle Azzorre trovando la morte nello scontro.
