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Ralph Lane he attended Oxford University in 1554.
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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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where he gained accolades for his military skill
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Lane had involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships
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he was developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain
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Lane received a commission to go to Ireland and direct the construction of forts.
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the queen recalled Lane from Ireland and he was given command of the colony
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a fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.
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his account of the colony appeared in Richard Hakluyt’s Principal Navigations
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it serving as “muster master general” and “clerk of the check of the garrison” and remained in that country for the rest of his life