In Popular Culture
- Grenville's final battle on Revenge is mentioned in a poem by Robert E. Howard; ("Solomon Kane's Homecoming") from Fanciful Tales (1936). Howard mentions Grenville in several other Solomon Kane stories and poems, most prominently in "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville".
- Grenville is the subject of a 20th century song by Al Stewart, "Lord Grenville," ("Lord Grenville") on Stewart's Year of the Cat album.
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