Richard Grenville
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English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)
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It sits within the topics 1542 births, 1591 deaths and 16th-century English explorers.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Bideford
- Place of death
- Flores Island
- Occupation
- military officer
- Educated at
- Inner Temple
- Field of work
- politics
- Military rank
- admiral
- Image
- Sir Richard Grenville from NPG.jpg
- Work location
- England
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- name in native language
- Richard Grenville
- date of birth
- 1541-01-01
- date of death
- 1591-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Richard Grenville
- P13311
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1542 births1591 deaths16th-century English explorers16th-century English sailors16th-century Royal Navy personnelAdvocates of colonizationEnglish military personnel killed in actionEnglish MPs 1571English MPs 1584–1585English people of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)English privateersGrenville familyHigh sheriffs of CornwallMembers of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in CornwallMilitary personnel from BidefordPeople from Buckland MonachorumPeople of Elizabethan IrelandPoliticians from Bideford