Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh lived in England from 1522 to 1618.
He wrote some poems and also he was a politician and a sailor, he would later become a pirate. Raleigh tobacco bears his name because he made tobacco popular in Europe.

He was famous for his proximity to Queen Elizabeth I who protected him. Raleigh also fought Irish rebels to protect England.

When Jacob I was crowned, Raleigh is accused of betrayal to the kingdom and then he was arrested.


He would travel to America and then he was arrested again. He was then decapitated in 1618.

He was friend of Edmund Spencer and he was also important for the Virginia colony in the New world.

He wrote: What is our life, Farewell to false love, The lie, Ocean to Cynthia, My last will, The silent lover among others.