ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Legend has it that Raleigh once threw his cloak across a puddle so that the Queen could walk across without getting her feet wet. She certainly couldn’t resist his poetry: his famous ‘Cynthia’ poems pun on her nickname for him-‘Water’.

Detailed explanation-2: -With his wealth he built a warship, which he named the Ark Ralegh. He later gave this to Queen Elizabeth I who changed the name to the Ark Royal. This ship later became the flagship of the English fleet, which fought against the Spanish Armada under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Walter Raleigh’s Early Life A rival of the Earl of Essex for the queen’s favors, he served (1580) in Elizabeth’s army in Ireland, distinguishing himself by his ruthlessness at the siege of Smerwick and by the plantation of English and Scots Protestants in Munster.

Detailed explanation-4: -The city of Raleigh is named for Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and noblemen who funded the first expeditions to the coast of modern-day North Carolina.

Detailed explanation-5: -Walter Raleigh In addition to his patent for America, Raleigh was granted a wine-trading monopoly in 1583, and appointed Captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1586.