Captain Haly Heron (c. 1550–1591), was an English writer and soldier during the Elizabethan era.
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Haly matriculated as a sizar at Queens' College, Cambridge in November 1565 and completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1570.[1] For the benefit of a pupil, John Kaye the younger, he wrote ‘A new Discourse of Morall Philosophie entituled the Kayes of Counsaile, not so pleasant as profitable for younge Courtiours,’ London, 1579.[1] Shortly after the publication of the book, Haly entered the service of Sir Nicholas Malby in Connaught, Ireland.[2] In December 1585 Thomas Randolph, at the instigation of his wife, who was related to Heron, gave him very unwillingly a note of introduction to Sir Francis Walsingham.[1] In 1586, he served in the Low Countries during the Anglo-Spanish War and he was made a Captain in 1590.[2] He was killed in May 1591, when leading an assault on a town in Brittany.[2]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Vian, Alsager Richard (1891). "Heron, Haly". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 251.