Person:Ralph Lane (1)
Sir Ralph Lane
b.Abt 1530 Northamptonshire, England
d.Oct 1603
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  1. Dorothy Lane1527 - 1582
  2. Sir Robert Lane, MP1527 - Abt 1588
  3. Sir Ralph LaneAbt 1530 - 1603
  4. William Lane
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Name[1] Sir Ralph Lane
Alt Name[2] Capt. Ralph Lane
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Abt 1530 Northamptonshire, England
Death[1] Oct 1603
Reference Number? Q1133984?
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ralph Lane, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Sir Ralph Lane (c. 1532 – October 1603) was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. He helped colonise the Kingdom of Ireland in 1583 and was sheriff of County Kerry, Ireland, from 1583 to 1585. He was part of the unsuccessful attempt in 1585 to colonise Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He was knighted by the Queen in 1593.

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  2. ↑ LANE, Ralph (c.1532-1603), in The History of Parliament.
  3. ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
    1:16.

    Lane, Captain Ralph, second son of Sir Ralph Lane, of Orlinbury, and his wife Maud, daughter of William Lord Parr, uncle of Queen Katherine Parr,
    was born in Northamptonshire, about 1530;
    entered the Queen's service in 1563;
    distinguished himself in the rebellion of 1569, and was made governor of Kerry and Clan Morris;
    he is described by Stow as "a great projector in these times," and proposed to the crown many schemes of all kinds;
    was selected by Raleigh as governor of the colony to be sent to Roanoke Island in 1585;
    finding that there were no gold mines in North Carolina he returned home with the settlers in 1586;
    afterwards was a member of the commission to provide for the defense of England against the Spanish Armada; and
    in 1589 was a colonel in the expedition of Drake and Norris to Portugal;
    he was made muster-master-general in Ireland, where he was dangerously wounded;
    was knighted by Lord Fitzwilliam, deputy lord lieutenant of Ireland, in 1593, and
    died in 1604 or 1605.

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