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Hace 2 días · Sir Richard Grenville For the first colony in Virginia, Raleigh planned a largely military operation focused on the exploration and evaluation of natural resources. The intended number of colonists was 69, but approximately 600 men were sent in the voyage, with about half intended to remain at the colony, and were to be followed by a second ...
Hace 2 horas · Birth and early years Portrait miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, 1581, inscribed Aetatis suae 42, An(n)o D(omi)ni 1581 ("42 years of his age, 1581 AD") Francis Drake was born at Crowndale Farm in Tavistock, Devon, England. His birth date is not formally recorded – such writers as E. F. Benson have claimed that he was born while the Six Articles of 1539 were in force, but British naval ...
- El Draque (the Dragon)
- Knight Bachelor (1581)
- 1563–1596
- Vice admiral
Hace 4 días · Raleigh sent a fleet to investigate the area called Virginia that year. A group of colonists, led by Sir Richard Grenville, established a settlement in 1585. Grenville returned to England, leaving Governor Ralph Lane to command the settlement.
Hace 4 días · 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 · Therefore our will and pleasure is that our said servant Sir Richard Grenville shall have an estate granted to him in them after the former leases now in being for the term of 40 years, only reserving to us, our heirs and successors the rents and services according to the greatest and best survey, or that by record shall be found due ...
Hace 3 días · The holding descended to Anna Eliza, heir of the 1st duke and wife from 1796 of Richard Grenville (d. 1839), marquess of Buckingham and from 1822 duke of Buckingham and Chandos. The estate, by then comprising scattered land in Huntspill, Pawlett, and Burnham, was sold between 1832 and 1840.
Hace 5 días · Richard Temple, Earl Temple: 6th April, 1757: Daniel, Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham: 26th September, 1757: George, Lord Anson: 17th June, 1762: George Dunk, Earl of Halifax: 1st January, 1763: George Grenville: 20th April, 1763: John, Earl of Sandwich: 16th September, 1763: John, Earl of Egmont: 15th September, 1766: Sir Charles Saunders ...
