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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 Raleigim 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 unfortunate. Sailing over the usual long southern route, they did not reach the coast of Florida until June, and as they went up the coas