Ralph Lane | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers | |
| In office 1556 – January 1559 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c.1532 |
| Died | October 1603 (aged 70–71) |
| Resting place | St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland 53°20′22″N 6°16′17″W / 53.33944°N 6.27139°W |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | explorer |
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Sir Ralph Lane (c. 1532 – October 1603)[1][2] was an English explorer of the Elizabethan era. He helped colonise the Kingdom of Ireland in 1583 and was sheriff of County Kerry, Ireland, from 1583 to 1585.[3] He was part of the unsuccessful attempt in 1585 to colonise Roanoke Island, North Carolina. He was knighted by the Queen in 1593.
- ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509–1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982. Lane, Ralph (c. 1532–1603), of London
- ^ Sir Ralph Lane, 1530–1603, Raleigh's First Roanoke Colony, Boston: Directors of the Old South Work, 1902, Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina Library, accessed 17 January 2010
- ^ "Ralph Lane, 1530?–1603".