Sir Walter Raleigh was an Intriguing Man in History

Sir Walter Raleigh was an Intriguing Man in History

Larry Holzwarth - July 12, 2019

Sir Walter Raleigh was an Intriguing Man in History
A portrait of Elizabeth I by an unknown artist, believed to have been done in the 1570s. Wikimedia

3. Raleigh enhanced his reputation through brutal suppression in Ireland

In 1580, Raleigh joined, again as a gentleman-adventurer, an expedition to Ireland, then a colony of England. The Irish subjects in rebellion to the Queen found in Raleigh a brutal and brutally effective soldier. Raleigh was soon the de facto commander of the English expedition to end the rebellion, and his success was brought to the attention of the English Court of Queen Elizabeth I. Her Majesty summoned the adventurer to her presence, where his dashing manners and reputation rendered him an immediate favorite of the Virgin Queen, which created for him several enemies among the gentlemen present in her court, both from personal jealousy and from suspicion of Raleigh’s motives and goals.

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