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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… his friends, Lords Hopton and Capel; and in 1649, Sir John Grenville being governor of the Scilly Islands, fortified and …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… Earl 5 1783 23 Dec. Carmarthen, Marquess of 1791 29 April Grenville, Lord 1801 20 Feb. Hawkesbury, Lord 1804 12 May … Earl of 1870 6 July Granville, Earl In the cases of Grenville (1791) and Granville (1870), where the Foreign … his appointment as Auditor of the Exchequer in 1794 Grenville declined to draw more than £3,200 as Secretary of …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… be had sent to me on the 18th July. The ships of Richard Grenville, on board of which he says he was pressed at … as in Porto Rico, Isle of Santo Domingo, he says Richard Grenville was offered victuals for money. This is not legal … sake of making a large profit. The statement that General Grenville sailed with 28, and Hawkins with 15, of the Queen's …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… whilst Colonel Norris is going to Milford in Wales, Grenville to Plymouth, Raleigh to Cornwall, George Carew to …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… liberty of the poor pilots who were captured by Richard Grenville of Cornwall, and are now held prisoners by him. He … put to sea till the end of February. The Queen had ordered Grenville (an Englishman, who, as I have informed your …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… but of him whom he mentions in his relation ( i.e. Richard Grenville). If this be so the letter must be altered." This …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… fleet. It was uncertain whether they would be commanded by Grenville, a gentleman who has been sailing as a pirate, or …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain (Simancas)
… ships have sailed. It was proposed in the council that Grenville, a gentleman who has always sailed with pirates, …
Old and New London
… his creditors seized him by making him believe that Lord Grenville wanted to see him on business of importance; he bit …
Old and New London
… and corruptionand during the short administration of Mr. Grenville he was appointed Solicitor-General, and knighted. …