Walter Raleigh
English statesman, soldier and writer (1552-1618) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 66
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The Boyhood of Raleigh by John Everett Millais, 1871
Arms of Katherine Champernowne, mother of Sir Walter Raleigh, impaled by the arms of her first husband, Otes Gilbert. Churston Ferrers Church!["Raleigh's First Pipe in England", an illustration included in Frederick William Fairholt's Tobacco, its history and associations[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Raleigh%27s_first_pipe_in_England.jpeg/500px-Raleigh%27s_first_pipe_in_England.jpeg)
"Raleigh's First Pipe in England", an illustration included in Frederick William Fairholt's Tobacco, its history and associations[12]
Engraved portrait of Raleigh
Walter Raleigh's house in Blackwall Harbour by Philip Norman (before 1931)
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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, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I.
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