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Richard Grenville (other)
Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591) was an English sailor and soldier. Richard Grenville may also refer to: People Grenville of Devon and Cornwall * Richard de Grenville (died after 1142), one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan * Richard Grenville (died 1550), MP for Cornwall in 1529 * Richard Grenville (died 1577 or 1578), MP for Newport (Cornwall) and Dunheved *Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet (1600–1658), Royalist leader in the English Civil War Grenville of Buckinghamshire *Richard Grenville (1678–1727), British politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham and Wendover *Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician, MP for Buckingham and Buckinghamshire *Richard Grenville (British Army officer) General Richard Grenville (6 July 1742 – 22 April 1823) was a senior officer in the British Army and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Biography Grenville was the second son of James Grenville and was the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville
Sir Richard Grenville (15 June 1542 – 10 September 1591), 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 subsequently participated in the plantations of Ireland, the English colonisation of the Americas and the repulse of the Spanish Armada. Grenville also served as Member of Parliament for Cornwall, High Sheriff for County Cork and Sheriff of Cornwall. In 1591, Grenville died at the battle of Flores fighting against an overwhelmingly larger Spanish fleet near the Azores. He and his crew on board the galleon fought against the 53-strong Spanish fleet to allow the other English ships to escape. Grenville was the grandfather of Sir Bevil Grenville, a prominent military officer during the English Civil War. Origins Richard Grenville was the eldest son and heir of Sir Roger Grenville (d. 1545), who was captain of when it sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard De Grenville
Sir Richard de Grenville (died after 1142) (''alias'' de Grainvilla, de Greinvill, etc.) was one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan who served under Robert FitzHamon (died 1107), in the conquest of Glamorgan in Wales. He obtained from FitzHamon the lordship of Neath in which he built Neath Castle and in 1129 founded Neath Abbey. He is by tradition the founder and ancestor of the prominent Westcountry Grenville family of Stowe in the parish of Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, the later head of which family was John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701). The surname of his supposed descendants the Westcountry Grenville family was spelled by tradition "Grenville" until 1661 when it was altered to "Granville".Round, p.130 Lord of Neath As his reward for his services during the conquest of Glamorgan his brother Robert FitzHamon allotted him the lordship of Neath, where Richard built Neath Castle. He is styled in one Glamorgan charter as "Constable of the Earl o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville (died 1550)
Richard Grenville (died 1550) lord of the manor of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Manor of Bideford, Bideford in Devon, was an English soldier, politician, and administrator who served as a Member of Parliament for Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), Cornwall in 1529, and served as Sheriff of Cornwall and Sheriff of Devon. Origins Richard Grenville was the son of Sir Roger Grenville (d. 1523) of Stowe and of Bideford, by his wife Margaret Whitleigh. His forebears had held those two seats since the 12th century. One of his sisters, Amye, married John Drake of Musbury, Devon. By tradition the earliest English ancestor of the family was Sir Richard de Grenville (died after 1142) (''alias'' de Grainvilla, de Greinvill, etc.), one of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan who served in the Norman Conquest of Glamorgan under Robert FitzHamon (died 1107), the first Norman Feudal barony of Gloucester, feudal baron of Gloucester and Lord of Glamorgan from 1075. He obtained from FitzHa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville (died 1577 Or 1578)
Richard Grenville (by 1524 – 1577 or 1578), of Stowe, Kilkhampton and Penheale, Cornwall, was a politician and Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ... for the constituency of Newport, Cornwall in 1545 and 1559, and for Dunheved in 1555 and 1563. References 1578 deaths People from Kilkhampton English MPs 1545–1547 English MPs 1555 English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall Year of birth uncertain {{1563-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet
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. He began his military career during the 1618 to 1624 Bohemian Revolt, an early phase of the Thirty Years War, then served under the Duke of Buckingham. In 1628, he became MP for Fowey, and married Mary Fitz, a well-connected and wealthy widow; they divorced in 1632, and he was imprisoned for debt. In 1633, he escaped to Europe; from 1634 to 1639, he fought with the Swedes, then the Dutch Republic, before returning home to take part in the Bishops Wars. He served in Ireland from 1642 to 1643, followed by a brief spell with the Parliamentarian army, before defecting to the Royalists in March 1644. He spent the rest of the war in the West Country; arrested f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville (1678–1727)
Sir Richard Grenville (1678 – 17 February 1727) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Early life Grenville was the son of Sir Richard Grenville of Wotton House, Wotton in Buckinghamshire and his wife Eleanor Temple née Tyrell, the wife of Sir Peter Temple of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire. He married Hester Temple, the daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet by a licence of 25 November 1710. Her brother was Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham whose peerage was entailed upon her and her sons. Political career Grenville was proposed as Whig candidate for Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency), Buckinghamshire at the 1715 British general election, 1715 general election but by an agreement with Richard Hampden (died 1728), Richard Hampden he was elected Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Wendover (UK Parliament constituency), Wendover instead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, (26 September 171112 September 1779) was a British politician. He is best known for his association with his brother-in-law William Pitt who he served with in government during Britain's participation in the Seven Years War between 1756 and 1761. He resigned along with Pitt in protest at the cabinet's failure to declare war on Spain. Early life The eldest son of Richard Grenville (1678–1727) of Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, and of Hester, later Countess Temple, he was educated at Eton College, and in 1734 was returned to Parliament as member for the borough of Buckingham. In 1752, on the death of his mother, he inherited her titles together with the rich estates of Stowe and Wotton; and he then took the name of Temple in addition to his original surname of Grenville. On 7 May 1737 he married Anna Chamber, an heiress. Seven Years War The turning point in his political fortunes was the marriage of his sister Hester in 1754 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville (British Army Officer)
General Richard Grenville (6 July 1742 – 22 April 1823) was a senior officer in the British Army and a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. Biography Grenville was the second son of James Grenville and was the twin brother of James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury. He attended Eton College from 1754 to 1758, and in 1759 he entered the Army, as an ensign in the 1st Foot Guards. Grenville obtained the rank of captain in 1760, by raising an independent company, and on 7 May 1761 he was removed to a company in the 24th Regiment of Foot. He served the campaigns of 1761 and 1762 in Germany, as aide-de-camp to the Marquess of Granby. In 1772 he purchased a company in the Coldstream Guards, and in 1776 he accompanied the brigade of Guards to America. On 19 February 1779 he received the rank of colonel, on 20 November 1782 that of major-general, on 21 April 1786, the colonelcy for life of the 23rd Regiment of Foot, and on 3 May 1796 the rank of lieutenant-gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grenville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby De Broke
Richard Greville Verney, 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke (29 March 1869 (London) – 16 December 1923) was a British peer and conservative politician. Life Verney was the son of Colonel Henry Verney, 18th Baron Willoughby de Broke and Geraldine Smith-Barry and educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. He married Marie Frances Lisette Hanbury, daughter of Charles Addington Hanbury, on 2 July 1895. They had one son, John Henry Peyto Verney, who succeeded him as 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke. The historian George Dangerfield described Verney as "a genial and sporting young peer, whose face bore a pleasing resemblance to the horse. ... He had quite a gift for writing, thought clearly, and was not more than two hundred years behind his time." He wrote a book on foxhunting called "Hunting the Fox", which was published in 1921. Verney represented Rugby, Warwickshire as an MP from 1895–1900. In 1902 he succeeded his father as 19th Baron Willoughby de Broke and is considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built as 2-2-2s of the 3001 Class. The first eight members of the class (numbers 3021-3028, built April–August 1891) were built as convertible broad gauge 2-2-2 locomotives, being converted to standard gauge in mid-1892, at the end of broad gauge running on the Great Western Railway. A further 22 were built in late 1891 and early 1892, this time as standard gauge engines. Although the 3001 class were fitted with larger boilers than earlier GWR 2-2-2 classes, the diameter of the boiler was constrained by its position between the driving wheels. Thus boiler capacity could only be increased by making the boiler longer, not wider, bringing the smokebox and cylinders in front of the leading axle. The extra weight of the larger boilers was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Sir Richard Grenville (1891)
TSS ''Sir Richard Grenville'' was a passenger tender vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1891. History TSS ''Sir Richard Grenville'' was built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1891. She left the Mersey on 30 April 1891. She was intended as a tender to meet the large mail steamers frequenting Plymouth, and also as an excursion steamer along the coast. She was advertised for sale in 1921 but was eventually returned to service until sold in 1931, renamed ''Penlee'' to make way for a replacement ''Sir Richard Grenville'' then moved on to the Dover Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ... Harbour Board where she was renamed a second time to ''Lady Savile''. She was purchased by the Essex Yacht Club in 1947 as their Clubship and moved to Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSS Sir Richard Grenville (1931)
TSS ''Sir Richard Grenville'' was a passenger tender vessel built for the Great Western Railway in 1931. History TSS ''Sir Richard Grenville'' was built by Earle's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Hull and launched on 18 June 1931. She was a replacement for the ship of the same name dating from 1891. She was one of a pair built for tendering duties in Plymouth harbour, her sister TSS Sir ''John Hawkins'' being launched two years later. During World War II she was used by the Admiralty at Plymouth, Scapa Flow and Pentland Firth The Pentland Firth ( gd, An Caol Arcach, meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. Despite the name, it is not a firth. Etymology The name is presumed to be a corruption .... After returning to railway service early in 1946 she resumed service at Plymouth until 31 October 1963, the last tender in use at that dock. She eventually found a new owner and was renamed ''L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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