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	Richard Grenville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grenville was a cousin of both Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake, and grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English Civil War notoriety.
		Grenville had planned to circumnavigate the globe in the late 1570s, but Queen Elizabeth gave the honour to Sir Francis Drake instead.
		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").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Grenville_(Elizabethan_sailor) (268 words)

	SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE) - LoveToKnow Article on SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		English royalist, was the third son of Sir Bernard Grenville (1559-1636), and a grandson of the famous seaman, Sir Richard Grenville.
		Having served in France, Germany and the Netherlands, Grenville gained the favor of the duke of Buckingham, took part in the expeditions to Cadi~, to the island of Rh and to La Rochelle, was knighted, and in 1628 was chosen member of parliament for Fowey.
		1622) and aladyof fortune, Grenville was made a baronet in 1630; his violent temper, however, made the marriage an unhappy one, and he was ruined and imprisoned as the result of two lawsuits, one with his wife, and the other with her kinsman, the earl Of Suffolk.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRENVILLE_or_GRANVILLE_SIR_RICHARD.htm (591 words)

	SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE) - LoveToKnow Article on SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At an early age Grenville is supposed to have served in Hungary under the emperor Maximilian against the Turks.
		Grenville himself soon returned with the fleet to England, capturing a Spanish vessel on his way, but in 1586 he carried provisions to Roanoke, and finding the colony deserted, left a few men to maintain possession.
		But, either from some misuiiderstanding of the order, or from some idea of Grenvilles that the Spanish vessels rapidly approaching were the ships for which they had been waiting, the Revenge was delayed and cut off from her consorts by the Spaniards.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRENVILLE_or_GREYNVILE_SIR_RICHARD.htm (686 words)

	George_Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		George Grenville (October 14, 1712—November 13, 1770) was a British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain); Sir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minister alone for twenty-one years, for example.
		Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, his elder brother being Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple.
		In June 1747 Grenville became a lord of the treasury, and in 1754 treasurer of the navy and privy councillor.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=George_Grenville (676 words)

	Sir Richard Grenville - Heritage Education Program - National Park Service - Cape Hatteras Group
		Grenville therefore destroyed the power of the Catholic aristocracy in the West, and the queen knighted him as a reward.
		Grenville was reared at Buckland Abbey, which his father had purchased in 1541.
		Four generation of Grenvilles died in the service of their country -- his father on the Mary Rose in 1545, Sir Richard in the Azores in 1592, his son in Guiana in 1595, and his grandson in support of the royalists in 1643.
	www.nps.gov /fora/grenville.htm (795 words)

	George Grenville (1712 -- 1770)
		Grenville was born on 14 October 1712 at Westminster in London.
		However, Grenville did not have to deal with the colonial problems that resulted in his policies because he was invited to resign by George III in July 1765.
		All these factors led to the fall of Grenville's ministry in July 1765 when he was persuaded to resign, to make way for a ministry headed by the Duke of Cumberland with the Marquis of Rockingham as First Lord of the Treasury.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/grenville.html (1429 words)

	GEORGE GRENVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE GRENVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(1712-1770), English statesman, second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Countess Temple, was born on the 14th of October i 712.
		During the latter period of his term of office he was on a very unsatisfactory footing with the young king George III., who gradually came to feel a kind of horror of the interminable persistency of his conversation, and whom he endeavoured to make use of as the mere puppet of the ministry.
		George Grenville, their Friends and Contemporaries, were published at London in 1852, and afford the chief authority for his life.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GR/GRENVILLE_GEORGE.htm (579 words)

	RICHARD GRENVILLE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grenville was a cousin of both Sir Walter_Raleigh and Sir Francis_Drake, and grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English_Civil_War notoriety.
		Grenville founded the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke_Island off the coast of North_Carolina.
		Grenville had planned to circumnavigate the globe in the late 1570s, but Queen Elizabeth gave the honour to Sir Francis_Drake instead.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Richard_Grenville (230 words)

	Sir Richard Grenville
		Grenville and his party explored the country for eight days, and in revenge for the theft of a silver cup burned an Indian village and destroyed the Indian maize around it.
		Grenville was wounded early in the engagement, and was finally shot through the body and carried into the cabin.
		The voyage of Sir Richard Grenville in 1585 was related by one of the persons who accompanied him, and an account after their arrival was written probably by Ralph Lane.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirrichardgrenville (655 words)

	Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
		Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (10 September 1823 - 26 March 1889), usually shortened to Richard Temple-Grenville, was a British statesman of the 19th century, and a close friend and subordinate of Benjamin Disraeli.
		Lord Chandos was the only son of Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos and Mary Campbell (therefore receiving the aforementioned courtesy title).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos (492 words)

	George Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		George Grenville (October 14, 1712—November 13, 1770) was a Kingdom of Great BritainBritish Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of nine years (reaching the position of Prime Minister of the United KingdomPrime Minister of Great Britain); Robert WalpoleSir Robert Walpole served as Prime Minister alone for twenty-one years, for example.
		Grenville was the second son of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple, afterwards Earl TempleCountess Temple, his elder brother being Richard Grenville-Temple, 1st Earl Temple.
		In June 1747 Grenville became a Lord of the Treasurylord of the treasury, and in 1754 Treasurer of the Navytreasurer of the navy and Privy Councilprivy councillor/.
	www.infothis.com /find/George_Grenville (691 words)

	George Grenville (1712-1770)
		George Grenville was the second son of seven children born to Richard Grenville and his wife Hester, Countess Temple.
		In 1744 Grenville entered Pelham's government but was dismissed by the Newcastle administration in 1755, only to be brought back into government in 1756 as Treasurer to the Navy.
		In July 1765, Grenville was persuaded to resign, to make way for a ministry headed by the Duke of Cumberland with the Marquis of Rockingham as First Lord of the Treasury.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/terrace/adw03/pms/grenvill.htm (747 words)

	Captain Sir Richard Grenville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Grenville carried a bitterness over this slight to his honor until his death.
		Grenville destroyed the power of the Catholic aristocracy in the Devon region, and the queen knighted him as a reward.
		Sir Richard was preparing a relief expedition when the Privy Council, because of the threat of the Spanish Armada, prohibited the departure of ships.
	www.gentlemenadventurers.org /rgrenville.htm (652 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		Little is known about Grenville’s early life, except that he killed a man in a duel and was admitted as a student to the Inner Temple in 1559.
		Grenville returned to Virginia in 1586, with stores for the colonists, but they had left prior to his arrival.
		In 1591 Grenville was appointed Vice-Admiral and second-in-command of a naval force under Lord Thomas Howard, which was sent to the Azores to await for the homeward bound Spanish treasure fleet.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_richard_grenville.htm (454 words)

	Elizabeth's Pirates
		Immortalised by Tennyson for his last battle ('At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay...'), Grenville was born into a famous naval family in Cornwall.
		Next, Grenville – who had been knighted by Elizabeth in about 1577 – was fired by Sir Walter Ralegh's plans for a colony in North America, and in 1585, he sailed to Virginia with 300 settlers on board.
		Grenville's most famous adventure came in 1591, when he sailed back to the Azores with Lord Thomas Howard and a squadron of the queen's ships, to try and capture home-bound Spanish treasure ships.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/pirates/tpiratesgrenville.html (433 words)

	AllRefer.com - Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl 1711–79, British statesman; elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.
		He was closer to Pitt than to his brother and, as first lord of the admiralty (1756–57) in the Pitt-Devonshire ministry and lord privy seal (1757–61) under Pitt and the duke of Newcastle, gave strong backing to Pitt's war policy.
		After Grenville's death (1770) he was reconciled with Chatham.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Temple-R.html (250 words)

	Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1711-79, British statesman; elder brother of George Grenville and brother-in-law of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.
		He was closer to Pitt than to his brother and, as first lord of the admiralty (1756-57) in the Pitt-Devonshire ministry and lord privy seal (1757-61) under Pitt and the duke of Newcastle, gave strong backing to Pitt's war policy.
		He also joined Pitt in vigorous opposition to Grenville's ministry (1763-65), financing John Wilkes in his attacks upon the government.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Temple-R1.asp (186 words)

	George Grenville Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		With the formation of Newcastle's administration, Grenville, was appointed treasurer of the navy and became a member of the Privy Council in 1754.
		Although Grenville in his early career was dominated by Temple and Pitt, and frequently overshadowed by them, he did earn the reputation in the House of Commons as an effective speaker and a capable man of business.
		This collection is concentrated on the two years 1756 and 1757; none of it relates to Grenville's position in the Bute ministry or to his own tenue as first lord of the treasury and architect of the Stamp Act.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/G/Grenvill.html (228 words)

	Virtual Jamestown: First-Hand Accounts
		After Sir Richard Grenville's return to England in 1585, Governor Ralph Lane was the commander of the settlement.
		Sir Richard Grenville commanded the voyage to re-supply the colony that he founded in 1585.
		Richard Frethorne immigrated to Virginia as an indentured servant.
	www.virtualjamestown.org /fhaccounts_date.html (2987 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 1252
		Richard Plantagenet Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham was the son of Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Eliza Brydes.
		She married Richard Plantagenet Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, son of Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Lady Anne Eliza Brydes, on 13 May 1819.
		Richard Plantagenet Campbell Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham was the son of Richard Plantagenet Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Mary Campbell.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1252.htm (882 words)

	AllRefer.com - George Grenville (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		George Grenville 1712–70, British statesman, brother of Earl Temple.
		His prosecution (1763) of John Wilkes provoked political reformers, and his attempt to tax the North American colonies internally through the Stamp Act raised opposition not only in America but also among the British commercial classes.
		Grenville alienated George III by insisting that he be the sole channel of ministerial communication to the throne, and he fell after a quarrel with the king about the composition of a regency council.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/GrenvillG.html (219 words)

	Encyclopedia: Richard Grenville
		Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death.
		In the song Lord Grenville's crew exhort him to embark upon a hopeless voyage.
		Rowse, Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge, (London: Jonathan Cape, 1937)
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Richard-Grenville (867 words)

	Permanent Lieutenants for Buckinghamshire: 1758-1763 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On his mother’s death Richard Temple united the Stowe and Wotton estates and Stowe continued to be a centre of Whig influence.
		He was as active as his uncle in extending the house and developing the grounds and the great south front was built in his day.
		He died from a fractured skull after falling from a phaeton when driving in the park at Stowe and was buried at Wotton.
	www.buckscc.gov.uk /lieutenancy/permanent_lieutenants/richard_temple_grenville.htm (137 words)

	COLE FAMILY GENEALOGY
		Richard GRENVILLE 2 (1543-1591) & Mary SAINT LEGER (1542-1623)
		Richard GRENVILLE 3 (1600-1658) & Mary FITZ (1596-)
		Richard COLE 2 (1522-1573) & Alice GREENVILLE (1526-)
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Farm/3463/genealogy/cole.html (789 words)

	[minstrels] The Revenge : A Ballad of the Fleet -- Alfred Tennyson
		The song: Lord Grenville (by Al Stewart) Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn It's time to haul the anchor up and leave the land astern We'll be gone before the dawn returns Like voices on the wind.
		Grenville was carried aboard the Spanish flagship, where he died a few days later.
		Those accounts, and the circumstances of the battle, are extensively referred to by the late A.L Rowse (died 1997 aged 93) in a historical monograph entitled ‘Sir Richard Grenville of the ‘Revenge’’, published by Jonathan Cape in 1937, and still occasionally available in second-hand bookshops.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1320.html (1226 words)

	I7448: Sir Richard Grenville (1541 - 1591)
		He headed the fleet of seven ships in which colonists organized by his cousin, the English soldier and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, went (1585) to Roanoke Island, N.C. In 1591 Grenville sailed to the Azores, with Lord Thomas Howard, as second-in-command of an expedition sent to capture a Spanish treasure fleet.
		His ship, the Revenge, was cut off from the rest of the English fleet and was captured by the Spanish after a battle in which Grenville was mortally wounded.
		4 Katharine Grenville = Justinian Abbott Of Hartland
	web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.battysmith/Database/D0025/I7448.html (192 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Sir Richard Grenville and the Last Fight of the Revenge, 1591
		Despite his fame, Grenville is in some respects an enigmatic character, with large gaps in our knowledge of his life and activities.
		Grenville gained early military experience fighting in Hungary against the Turks, and possibly in Ireland, but for almost twenty years afterwards he seems to have followed the life of a West Country gentleman.
		Grenville, accompanied at first by two or three smaller ships, was about two nautical miles behind the rest of Howard’s squadron as the gap closed.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /renaissance/revenge/default.aspx (994 words)

	The First Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
		Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville (1776–1839) was the eldest son of Nugent Buckingham and Mary Nugent.
		Engaged to marry Anna Eliza when he was ten and she six, this became an obsession until their eventual marriage in 1796.
		Richard’s awkwardness quickly turned to arrogance, particularly after he assumed his father’s role as head of the Grenvillites.
	www.dukesofbuckingham.org /dukes/first_duke.htm (398 words)

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