Richard Grenville

Sir Richard Grenville (June 6, 1542 – September 10, 1591) (sp. var: Greynvile, Greeneville, etc.) was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier. He was born and brought up at Buckland Abbey in Devon, England. Grenville was a cousin of both Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake, and grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English Civil War notoriety.

Trivia

Grenville had planned to circumnavigate the globe in the late 1570s, but Queen Elizabeth gave the honour to Sir Francis Drake instead.

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1570s - Queen Elizabeth - Francis Drake

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The last and fatal fight of Grenville and the Revenge is commemorated in a poem by Alfred Tennyson ("The Revenge") and a song by Al Stewart ("Lord Grenville").

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Alfred Tennyson - Al Stewart

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One of the four houses of British public school Churcher's College is named for Grenville.

Related Topics:
Houses - British - Public school - Churcher's College

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