Person

Richard Grenville

English sailor and explorer

b. 1542 CE – d. 1591 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Sir Richard Grenville (6 June 1542 – 10 September 1591) (sp.

var: Greynvile, Greeneville, Greenfield, etc.)

is an Elizabethan sailor and explorer.

He is the grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English Civil War fame.

Moran, J. (2017). Richard Grenville. History Atlas. Retrieved 8 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/richard-grenville/

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