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1554
Born
Lane, born to Sir Ralph Lane and Maud Parr Lane of Northhampton, attended Oxford University in 1554 and served in the -
1563
1563
By 1563 Lane was serving in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, marking the beginning of a career of service to queen and country. -
1569
1569
Lane participated in a force that suppressed a rebellion in Scotland in 1569 where he gained accolades for his military skill. -
1571
1570-1571
By the early 1570s, Lane had involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships in 1571. -
1580
1580
early 1580s, he was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain. -
1583
in 1583, Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts. -
1585
in 1585 the queen recalled Lane from Ireland and he was given command of the colony that Sir Walter Raleigh was organizing to sail to Virginia (Roanoke Island). -
1585
In April 1585, seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England. After a storm scattered the fleet and reduced it to five ships, the company regrouped -
1586
On June 18 or 19, 1586, a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home. -
1592
Lane was back in Ireland in 1592 serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in that country for the rest of his life. -
1601
By 1601 Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master. -
Death
Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.