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Grenville at once published a pamphlet entitled ‘Sir Richard Grenville's Single Defence against all aspersions (in the power or aim) of all malignant persons, and to satisfy the contrary,’ containing an autobiographical account of his life, services, and sufferings (reprinted in Lansdowne's ‘Works,’ i. 544-56).
Richard Grenville , señor de los feudos de Stowe, Kilkhampton en Cornualles y de Bideford en Devon, era un marinero inglés que, como capitán del Revenge, murió en la batalla de Flores, posiblemente por negarse a entregar su barco a los españoles, mucho más numerosos. Grenville también era un soldado, propietario de una flota mercante armada, corsario, colonizador y explorador. Tomó ...
30 de nov. de 2023 · Sir Richard Grenville, officier de marine et explorateur anglais, est indélébilement gravé dans ce panthéon. Connu pour sa ténacité, sa bravoure et son sens aigu du devoir, les aventures de Grenville en haute mer et dans le Nouveau Monde ont laissé une empreinte durable.
21 de fev. de 2013 · Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591), English sea captain and explorer, became a legendary figure in the resistance to the Spanish Armada, dying as a result of wounds sustained at the helm of the galleon Revenge in the Battle of Flores: a fight in which he struggled against overwhelming odds.
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.
Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591), also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English privateer and explorer. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon. He subsequently participated in the plantations of Ireland specifically the Munster plantations, the English colonisation ...
1586: Sir Richard Grenville, acting as a Privateer, captures a Spanish ship and pillages the Azores on his return to England. Sir Richard Grenville is appointed English Vice-Admiral of the navy. 1588: Spanish Armada of 132 ships sails for England. England's navy consists of 34 ships and 163 armed merchant vessels.
