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Richard Grenville
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Sir Richard Grenville, 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 subsequentl
Contemporary portrait of Sir Richard Grenville, inscribed: An(no) D(omi)ni 1571 aetatis suae 29 ("In the year of Our Lord 1571, of his age 29"). National Portrait Gallery, London.
Contemporary portrait of Sir Richard Grenville, inscribed: An(no) D(omi)ni 1571 aetatis suae 29 ("In the year of Our Lord 1571, of his age 29"). Natio
Richard Grenville, portrait in Heroologia Anglica, London, 1620, inscribed: Rihardus Grenvilus Neptuni proles qui magni Martis alumnus Grenvilius patr
Richard Grenville, portrait in Heroologia Anglica, London, 1620, inscribed: Rihardus Grenvilus Neptuni proles qui magni Martis alumnus Grenvilius patrias sanguine tinxit aquas ("Richard Grenville, a scion of Neptune, nourished by Mars,... stained the waters with his blood"
Grenville's defence of the Revenge at the Battle of Flores in 1591
Grenville's defence of the Revenge at the Battle of Flores in 1591
Humphrey Gilbert
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North Am
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…lords of the manors of Bideford in Devon and of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall. He was a cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh and the privateer and explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Grenville's birthplace is believed to have been at Bideford. His father (who had pre-deceased his own father Sir Richard Grenville (c. 1495–1550), the…
Portrait at Compton Castle
Portrait at Compton Castle
A stamp depicting Gilbert
A stamp depicting Gilbert
Plaque commemorating Gilbert's founding of the British Empire in St. John's, Newfoundland
Plaque commemorating Gilbert's founding of the British Empire in St. John's, Newfoundland
The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, by Edward Ollier (c. 1900)
The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, by Edward Ollier (c. 1900)