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By 1563 Lane was serving in Queen Elizabeth I’s court, marking the beginning of a career of service to queen and country.
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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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By the late 1570s and early 1580s, he was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain
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In 1583, Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts.
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In 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 (Roanoke Island).
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''In April 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''
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Saw they where strulgling and took all of them from the isalnd back to england except for 15 men who stayed behinde to keep the land for england