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Period: 1550 to 1560
Ralph Lane served in the English Parliament.
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1554
Ralph Lane attended Oxford University
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1563
Lane served in Queen Elizabeth's I's court
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1570
Lane participated in a force that suppressed a rebillion in Scotland
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Period: 1570 to 1580
Lane was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain
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1571
Lane had involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen's commission to seize ships.
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Lane recieved 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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The colony were on the outer banks of Virginia
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The colony had come ashore and built a fort following an invitation from the Indians
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A fleet led by Sir Drake Francis left Roanoke carrying the first England colonists back home
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Lane provided the foreword Report to the New Found Land of Virginia
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His account of tye colony appeared in Richard Haklut's Principal Navigations
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Lane was back in Ireland
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Ralph Lane died in Dublin, Ireland
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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)