Lane was serving in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, marking the beginning of a career of service to queen and country
1569
Lane participated in a force that suppressed a rebellion in Scotland
Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts.
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).
seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England.
a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.
He provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
his account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations
Lane was back in Ireland serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in that country for the rest of his life
Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master.
and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month