Raleigh

• Born 1552

  Died 1618
• Born into a Protestant family and struggled to survive Mary’s reign
• Very loyal to Elizabeth and spent years fighting catholic Irish rebels
• Became a favourite of the queen when he returned to court
• Embarked on voyages to South America in search of el dorado
• Funded an attempt to start a colony in North America
• His secret marriage to one of the queens ladies in waiting led elizabeth to banish him from court for 5 years in 1592