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September 10, 1591 (49 years old)
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Gemini
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Richard Grenville
Sir Richard Grenville, also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English sailor who, as captain of Revenge, died at the Battle of Flores, fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish. His ship, Revenge, met 53 Spanish warships near Flores in the Azores. He and his crew fought the fifty three in a three-day running battle. Many Spanish ships were sunk or so badly damaged that they had to retire from the battle. Revenge was boarded three times and each time the boarders were seen off. Grenville was lord of the manors of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon. He was also a soldier, an armed merchant fleet owner, privateer, colonizer, and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight against the Spanish Armada.
Born15 June 1542, Bideford, Devon, England
DiedSeptember 10, 1591, Flores, Azores Islands
RankAdmiral
Commands heldRevenge
Battles/warsSecond Desmond Rebellion, Anglo–Spanish War (1585), Battle of Gravelines, Battle of Flores (1591)
Spouse(s)Mary St Leger
RelationsSon Bernard Grenville

About Richard Grenville

Politician Richard Grenville was born in England on June 15, 1542. He dies at the age of 49, on September 10, 1591.

English soldier, politician, and adventurer who aided in the colonization of the New World and died in the Battle of Flores against the Spanish Armada.

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Richard Grenville before becoming famous

Richard Grenville was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1542 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).

He was Sheriff of Cork and afterwards of Cornwall, and he was a member of Parliament for Cornwall.

Achievement of Richard Grenville

His final fight with the Spanish Armada was commemorated in Novelist Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet, which is named after the ship he sailed.

Richard Grenville's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1565, he married Mary St. Leger, with whom he had four sons.

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Explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake were his famous explorer relatives.

Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618) (Explorer)
Walter Raleigh (1552 - 1618)

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Richard Grenville Income & Net worth

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