Editing Walter Raleigh (section)

==Legacy==
{{See also|Walter Raleigh in popular culture}}
[[File:Walter Raleigh Statue.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of Sir Walter Raleigh at [[Raleigh Convention Center]]]]
[[File:Roanoke_half_dollar_obverse.png|thumb|200 px|The commemorative [[Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar|Roanoke Island  half dollar]], issued by the US in 1937, bears Walter Raleigh's portrait]]
In 2002, Raleigh was featured in the BBC poll of the [[100 Greatest Britons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/list.shtml/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021204214727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/greatbritons/list.shtml/|archive-date=4 December 2002|title=BBC – Great Britons – Top 100|work=[[Internet Archive]]|access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref>

A [[galliard]] was composed in honour of Raleigh by either [[Francis Cutting]] or [[Richard Allison (composer)|Richard Allison]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mathew Holmes lute books: Sir Walter Raleigh's galliard|url=http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00002-00011/154|publisher=Cambridge Digital Library|access-date=11 December 2014|archive-date=13 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213015413/http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-DD-00002-00011/154|url-status=live}}</ref>

The state capital of [[North Carolina]], its second-largest city, was named [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] in 1792, after Sir Walter, sponsor of the [[Roanoke Colony]]. In the city, a bronze statue, which has been moved around different locations within the city, was cast in honour of the city's namesake. The "Lost Colony" is commemorated at the [[Fort Raleigh National Historic Site]] on [[Roanoke Island]], North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelostcolony.org/|title=The Lost Colony – #1 OBX Attraction|website=The Lost Colony|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426125758/https://www.thelostcolony.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Raleigh County, West Virginia]], is named after him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/raleigh.html|title=Raleigh County history sources|publisher=West Virginia Division of Culture and History|access-date=30 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205903/http://www.wvculture.org/history/counties/raleigh.html|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Mount Raleigh]] in the [[Pacific Ranges]] of the [[Coast Mountains]] in [[British Columbia]], Canada, was named for him,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519202950/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23259.html "Mount Raleigh"]. BCNames/GeoBC</ref> with related features the Raleigh Glacier<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519202950/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23256.html "Raleigh Glacier"]. BC Names/GeoBC</ref> and Raleigh Creek<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519192618/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23257.html "Raleigh Creek"]. BC Names/GeoBC</ref> named in association with the mountain. [[Mount Gilbert (British Columbia)|Mount Gilbert]], just to Mount Raleigh's south, was named for his half-brother, Sir Humphrey.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519192618/http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/6119.html "Mount Gilbert"]. BC Names/GeoBC</ref>

Raleigh has been widely speculated to be responsible for introducing the [[potato]] to Europe, and was a key figure in bringing it to Ireland. However, modern historians dispute this claim, suggesting it impossible for Raleigh to have discovered the potato in the places he visited.{{sfn|Salaman|Burton|1985|p=148}}

Due to Raleigh's role in the popularisation of [[smoking]], [[John Lennon]] humorously referred to him as "such a stupid [[Git (slang)|get]]"<!--"get" is correct, as Liverpudlian - see Talk#Raleigh in pop culture--> in the song "[[I'm So Tired]]" on the "White Album" ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (1968).<ref>[http://www.thebeatles.com/song/im-so-tired ''The Beatles'' (''The White Album'') "I'm So Tired" website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924033759/https://www.thebeatles.com/song/im-so-tired |date=24 September 2018 }}. Retrieved 11 December 2014</ref>

Various colourful stories are told about him, such as laying his cloak over a puddle for the Queen, but they are probably apocryphal.<ref name="Fragmenta">[[Robert Naunton|Naunton, Robert]] ''Fragmenta Regalia'' 1694, reprinted 1824.
</ref>{{sfn|Fuller|1684|p=749}}<ref>[http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-historical-misconceptions9.htm 10 Historical Misconceptions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128112300/http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-historical-misconceptions9.htm |date=28 January 2015 }}, [[HowStuffWorks]]</ref> The story of Raleigh's trial is included in [[John George Phillimore]]'s 1850 book ''The History and Principles of Evidence'', and his commentary on the story is included in many law school textbooks on evidence in [[common law]] countries.

The author [[George Garrett (poet)|George Garrett]]'s historical fiction novel ''[[Death of the Fox]]'' explores Raleigh's relationships with Elizabeth I and her successor James I.