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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grenville, Sir Richard (search)
Grenville, Sir Richard Born in England in 1540; was a cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh. When a mere youth he served in the imperial army of Germany against the Turks, and on his return was appointed to a command in Ireland, and made sheriff of Cork. In 1571 he had a seat in Parliament and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. The colonization schemes of his kinsman commanded his ardent approval, and on April 9, 1585, he sailed from Plymouth, England, in command of some ships fitted out by Raleigh, bearing 180 colonists and a full complement of seamen, for the coast of Virginia. Ralph Lane, a soldier of experience, accompanied him as governor of the colony. Thomas Harriott, a distinguished mathematician and astronomer, was with them as historian and naturalist (see Harriott, Thomas) ; also Thomas Cavendish, the eminent English navigator, who sailed around the earth. Grenville was more intent upon plunder and finding gold than planting a colony; the choice of him for commander was un
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Raleigh, Sir Walter 1552- (search)
covered Roanoke Island, and, waving over its soil the banner of England, took possession of it in the name of the Queen. On their return to England in the autumn they gave glowing accounts of the country they had discovered, and as a memorial of her unmarried state, it is said, the Queen gave to the domain the name of Virginia. She knighted Raleigh, and gave him lucrative privileges that enriched him. Raleigh now took measures for sending out a colony to settle in Virginia, and on April 9, 1585, seven of his vessels sailed from Plymouth with 180 colonists and a full complement of seamen. Sir Richard Grenville Form of Raleigh's ships. commanded the expedition, accompanied by Sir Ralph Lane (see Lane, Sir Ralph) as governor of the colony, Philip Amidas as admiral of the fleet, Thomas Cavendish, who the next year followed the path of Drake around the world, Thomas Harriott (see Harriott, Thomas), as historian of the expedition, and John With, a competent painter, to delineate m
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
, 1584 They enter Ocracock Inlet and land on the island of Wocoken in Albemarle Sound......July 13, 1584 After exploring Albemarle and Pamlico sounds and the island of Roanoke, they take two natives, Manteo and Wauchese, to England......September, 1584 [This country lying between 34° and 45° of N. lat., called Virginia, in honor of Queen Elizabeth.] Sir Walter Raleigh despatches seven vessels from Plymouth under Sir Richard Grenville to plant settlements in the territory......April 9, 1585 Grenville lands on the island of Wocoken......July 26, 1585 Leaving 108 men under Ralph Lane as colonists, Grenville returns to England......Aug. 25, 1585 Sir Francis Drake, with twenty-three ships, anchors outside of Roanoke Inlet......June 10, 1586 Drake sails for England with all the colonists, who had become very despondent, thus ending the first settlement of the English in America......June 19, 1586 Another ship of 100 tons, sent by Sir Walter Raleigh at his own expe