<P> Raleigh County, West Virginia, is also named in his honour . </P> <P> Mount Raleigh in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, was named for him, with related features the Raleigh Glacier and Raleigh Creek named in association with the mountain . Mount Gilbert, just to Mount Raleigh's south, was named for his half - brother, Sir Humphrey . </P> <P> 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 would have been impossible for Raleigh to have discovered the potato in the places he visited . </P> <P> Due to Raleigh's role in the popularisation of smoking, John Lennon humorously referred to him as "such a stupid get" in the song "I'm So Tired" on the "White Album" The Beatles (1968). </P>

English explorer who brought potato and tobacco to ireland