Grenville,Sir Richard

Grenville,Sir Richard
Grenville, Sir Richard. 1542?-1591.
English naval officer who commanded the fleet carrying the first colonists to Virginia (1585) and organized the English defense against the Spanish Armada (1588). He was killed in a battle that pitted his ship against 15 Spanish ships.

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