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Richard Grenville was the eldest son and heir of Sir Roger Grenville (d. 1545), who was captain of Mary Rose when she sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545, by his wife Thomasine Cole, daughter of Thomas Cole of Slade. [1]
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.
Sir Richard Grenville (1678 – 17 February 1727) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Part of the Grenville family that welded great influence during the eighteenth century his descendants have included three Prime Ministers.
Arms of Grenville: Gules, three clarions or Early 16th c. bench end in Sutcombe Church in Devon, showing the arms of Grenville Richard Grenville (died 1550) lord of the manor of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, was an English soldier, politician, and administrator who served as a Member of Parliament for Cornwall in 1529, [1] and served as Sheriff of Cornwall and ...
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, KG, PC (26 September 1711 – 12 September 1779) was a British politician and peer who served as Lord Privy Seal from 1757 to 1761. He is best known for his association with his brother-in-law William Pitt , serving with him in the Pitt–Newcastle ministry during Britain's participation in the Seven ...
Sir Richard Grenville. The Spanish ship fired off a friendly salute, and as soon as the ship was in range, the Tiger opened fire. [8] The Spanish ship was the Santa Maria de San Vicente, the flagship of the Santo Domingo squadron of the Spanish Flota, captained by Alonzo de Cornieles. [7]
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Revenge was on such a patrol in the summer of 1591 under the command of Sir Richard Grenville. The Spanish, meanwhile, had dispatched a fleet of some 55 ships under Alonso de Bazán, having under his orders Generals Martín de Bertendona and Marcos de Aramburu. [6] Bazán learned that the English were patrolling around the northern Azores.