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He evidently never married
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Lane, born to Sir Ralph Lane and Maud Parr Lane of Northampton, attended Oxford University in 1554 and served in the English Parliament
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Lane participated in a force that suppressed a rebellion in Scotland in 1569 where he gained accolades for his military skill.
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he was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain. In 1583, Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts.
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seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England.
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a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.
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He provided the foreword to Thomas Harriot’s Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
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and his account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations
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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.
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Lane’s physical weakness had made him unfit as muster master
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Lane died in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1603 and was buried at St. Patrick’s Church on the 28th of that month.