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Ralph Lane was born in 1528
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Attended Oxford University
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Served in the English Parliament
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Serving in Queen Elizabeth I’s court
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Participated in a force that suppressed a rebellion in Scotland gained accolades for his military skill
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Involved himself in maritime affairs which included a queen’s commission to seize ships
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Developing plans and offering his services in helping England struggle with Spain
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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 that Sir Walter Raleigh was organizing to sail to Virginia
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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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Lane was back in Ireland, 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