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1554
1554
attended Oxford University -
1560
late 1550s and early 1560s
served in the English Parliament -
1563
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 -
1571
1571
Lane had involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships -
1580
1580
he was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain. -
1583
Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts. -
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 -
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. They arrived at the Outer Banks by June. By August, the colony had come ashore and built a fort following an invitation from the Indians. Grenville’s fleet left at the end of August after being unable to secure a good harbor. -
1586
a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home. -
1588
Lane was never involved in another colonization expedition but remained active in service to his county. He provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia -
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
Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master. Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.