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1550
Service
Served in English Parliament -
1554
School
Attended Oxford University -
1563
Service
Served Queen Elizabeth's court -
1569
Accolades
Gained Accolades for Military skill -
1570
Seize Ships
Involved in Maritime affairs included a queen's commission to seize ships -
1580
Developed Plans
Developed plans, offered service to England -
Received Commission
Received commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts -
Called from Ireland
Queen called him from Ireland, command given by Sir Walter Raleigh to go to Virginia (Roanoke Island) -
Leaving England
Seven ships with 600 men under the command of Sir Richard Grenville left England -
Leaving Roanoke
A fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home. -
Lane's Report
He provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the Newfoundland of Virginia -
Report Appeared
his account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations -
Back to Ireland
Lane was back in Ireland in 1592 serving as “muster master general” -
Weakness
Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master -
Lane's Death
Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.