Humphrey Gilbert
English explorer, politician and soldier (1539-1583) · Historical Figures · Died at 44
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Newfoundland postage stamp of 1933 featuring Sir Humphrey Gilbert receiving letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I
Plaque commemorating Gilbert's founding of the British Empirein St. John's, Newfoundland
The last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, by Edward Ollier (c. 1900)Family
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert was an English adventurer, explorer, member of parliament and soldier who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was a pioneer of the English colonial empire in North America and the Plantations of Ireland. He was a maternal half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville.
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