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Walter Raleigh 1650–1690 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1650

Birth Location: London, Greater London, London, London, England

Death Date: 1690

Death Location: West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Father: Carew politician

Mother: Philippa Weston

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Walter Raleigh was born in 1650 in London, Greater London, London, London, England, the child of Carew Raleigh An English Politician And Philippa Weston. Walter Raleigh passed away in 1690 in West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Walter Raleigh was born in 1650 in London, Greater London, London, London, England, the child of Carew Raleigh An English Politician And Philippa Weston.
  • Walter Raleigh passed away in 1690 in West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Walter Raleigh's Ancestors

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Walter Raleigh
1650–1690
Birth Place: London, Greater London, London, London, England
Parents
Carew Raleigh, an English politician
1605–1666
born in Tower of London during father's incarceration, Greater London, England
Philippa Weston
1607–1674
London, London, England
Grandparents
Sir (Walter Raleigh, Explorer of North America, Oriel College, Oxford; fought French Wars of Religion & Spanish) Armada
1552–1618
Hayes Barton, Budleigh, Devon, England
Elizabeth ("Bess" Throckmorton, Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England, ( Raleigh), her maid of) honour
1565–1647
Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Raleigh
1502–1581
Katherine Raleigh
1519–1594
Sir France
1515–1571
Dame Stokes)
1520–1587
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Rawleigh
1484–1567
Elizabeth Edgecombe
1485–1540
Sir Body
1480–1552
Anna Baroness
1488–1571
Sir Carew
1496–1539
Elisabeth Bryan
1495–1542

Walter Raleigh's Timeline

2 Records

1650
1650
Birth of Walter Raleigh in London, Greater London, London, London, England
London, Greater London, London, London, England
1690
1690
Age 40
Death of Walter Raleigh in West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1650
    Event Place: London, Greater London, London, London, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: West Horsley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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