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(Encyclopedia) Lane, Sir Ralph, c.1530–1603, leader of the first attempted English settlement in America, on Roanoke Island, N.C. Sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition of over 100 colonists left England in Ap...

(Encyclopedia) Wyatt, Sir Francis, 1588–1644, English colonial governor of Virginia. Married to a niece of Sir Edwin Sandys of the London Company, he went to Virginia as governor in 1621, taking with him the first...

(Encyclopedia) Hallé, Sir Charles hălˈē [key], 1819–95, German-English conductor and pianist, originally named Karl Halle. In 1857 he founded the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, England He conducted many music...

(Encyclopedia) Shovell, Sir Clowdisley, or Sir Cloudesley Shovel kloudzˈlē shŭvˈəl [key], 1650–1707, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he burned enemy ships at the battle of La Hogue in 1692 a...

(Encyclopedia) Lyndsay, Sir David: see Lindsay, Sir David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lyttelton, Sir Thomas: see Littleton, Sir Thomas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sherley, Sir Anthony: see Shirley, Sir Anthony. ...

(Encyclopedia) Sydney, Sir Philip: see Sidney, Sir Philip. ...

(Encyclopedia) Throgmorton, Sir Nicholas: see Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas. ...

(Encyclopedia) Urchard, Sir Thomas: see Urquhart, Sir Thomas. ...