Walter Raleigh
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Sir Walter Raleigh 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, su
Portrait of Raleigh, 1588
The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais, 1871
"Raleigh's First Pipe in England", an illustration included in Frederick William Fairholt's Tobacco, its history and associations
Engraved portrait of Raleigh
Elizabeth Raleigh
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Elizabeth, Lady Raleigh, was an English courtier, a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. Her secret marriage to Sir Walter Raleigh precipitated a long period of royal disfavour for b
Walter Raleigh
…was knighted in 1585. He was granted a royal patent to explore Virginia, paving the way for future English settlements. In 1591, he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London. After his release…
1595 portrait
Sir Walter Raleigh and his son Walter, as painted in 1602