Sir Walter Raleigh

1552 - 1618  (66 years)

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  Name	Walter Raleigh
  Title	Sir
  Birth	22 Jan 1552	Devon
  	c.? 22 January 1552 (or 1554) Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1618 (65 years)
  	Raleigh returned to England and, to appease the Spanish, he was arrested and executed in 1618
  Interesting fact	English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer
  Death	29 Oct 1618	London
  Occupation	1593 (40 years) - Mitchell  - From 1547 to the Reform Act of 1832 Mitchell was a 'rotten borough', it's very few property owning voters returning two members to parliament - Indeed, in 1593 Devon born Sir Walter Raleigh was one of these
  	1601 (48 years) - 1601 Member of Parliament for Cornwall In 1597 Raleigh was chosen as member of parliament for Dorset and in 1601 for Cornwall.[16] He was unique in the Elizabethan period in sitting for three counties.[4]
  	1603 (50 years) - After Queen Elizabeth died in 1603, Raleigh was again imprisoned in the Tower, this time for being involved in the Main Plot against King James I, who was not favourably disposed towards him
  	1616 (63 years) - In 1616, he was released to lead a second expedition in search of El Dorado. During the expedition, men led by his top commander ransacked a Spanish outpost, in violation of both the terms of his pardon and the 1604 peace treaty with Spain
  Person ID	I7475	AHP
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - From 1547 to the Reform Act of 1832 Mitchell was a 'rotten borough', it's very few property owning voters returning two members to parliament - Indeed, in 1593 Devon born Sir Walter Raleigh was one of these - 1593 (40 years) - Mitchell  Death - 29 Oct 1618 - London   = Link to Google Earth
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  Sir Walter Raleigh[a] (/?r??li, ?ræli, ?r??li/; 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 Elizabeth I. Raleigh was born to a Protestant family in Devon, the son of Walter Raleigh and Catherine Champernowne. He was the younger half-brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh