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Ralph Lane attends Oxford University
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Lane is serving in Queen Elizabeth's court
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Lane gained accolades for his military skill.
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Involving himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships.
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Lane 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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Seven ships with about 600 men under the overall command of Sir Richard Grenville left England.
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They arrived at the Outer Banks by June. By August, the colony had come ashore and built a fort following an invitation from the Indians.
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Lane’s colony of 107 men lasted for only eight months.
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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 Roanoke island.
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A fleet led by Sir Francis Drake left Roanoke carrying the first English colonists back home.
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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 is dead.