which counts Sir Walter Raleigh and Alexander Todd as alumni. The duke was a direct descendant of King Henry IV of England and graduated from Oriel in 1763. He died in 1803. In the portrait he ...

Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh at 10 ...

Sir Walter Raleigh (or Ralegh), explorer, courtier, writer and poet, is buried in the chancel of St Margaret's Church Westminster and there is a memorial tablet and stained glass window to him there.

But the presumed fabulous treasure in the deeper water was beyond their reach. English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh made two trips to Guiana to search for El Dorado. During his second trip in 1617 ...

In the sixteenth century, Sir Walter Raleigh began his search for El Dorado in Guyana's rainforest. Four hundred years on and a group of young adventurers from the UK - the Serious Explorers - are ...