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1550
Service
Served in English Parliament -
1554
School
Oxford University -
1563
Service
Served Queen Elizabeth's Court -
1569
Gained Accolades
Participated in a force that suppressed a rebellion in Scotland where he gained accolades for his military skill -
1570
Seized Ships
Involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships -
1580
Developed Plans
He developed plans and offered his service to helping England struggle with Spain -
Received Commision
Received commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts. -
Leaving England
Seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England. -
Recalled by the Queen
The queen recalled Lane from Ireland and he was given command of the colony that Sir Walter Raleigh was organizing -
Leaving Roanoke
A fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home. -
Lanes Report
He provided the foreword to Thomas Hariot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia -
Report Appeared
His account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigation -
Back in Ireland
Lane was back in Ireland in serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in the country for the rest of his life -
Weakness
Physical weakness had made Lane 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.