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Bookmark or Share- Walter Raleigh - WikipediaSir Walter Raleigh (/ ˈ r ɔː l i, ˈ r æ l i, ˈ r ɑː l i /; c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under ...
- Sir Walter Raleigh - BiographySir Walter Raleigh was an English adventurer and writer who established a colony near Roanoke Island, in present-day North Carolina. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to ...
- Sir Walter Raleigh | Tower of London | Historic Royal PalacesRaleigh's early life . Sir Walter Raleigh was born in Devon in around 1554, the youngest of five sons of Catherine Champernowne and Walter Raleigh, both in their second marriages. His family was very well connected; Catherine’s aunt had been Elizabeth I’s governess while a princess.
- Sir Walter Raleigh | Biography, Accomplishments, Roanoke ...Raleigh was a younger son of Walter Raleigh (d. 1581) of Fardell in Devon, by his third wife, Katherine Gilbert (née Champernowne). In 1569 he fought on the Huguenot (French Protestant) side in the Wars of Religion in France, and he is known later to have been at Oriel College, Oxford (1572), and at the Middle Temple law college (1575).
- Walter Raleigh - World History EncyclopediaWalter Raleigh (or Ralegh as he himself preferred) was born c. 1552 CE in Devon, the son of a member of the local gentry. Educated at Oxford University, Walter volunteered to serve in France to assist the Huguenots there against Catholic oppression.
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