politician
Gilbert Gerard.
Tudor politician, lawyer and landowner: Attorney General, Master of the Rolls.
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About Gilbert Gerard
Sir Gilbert Gerard was a prominent English lawyer, politician and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney General for more than twenty years during the reign of Elizabeth I, as well as vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and later served as Master of the Rolls. He acquired large estates, mainly in Lancashire and Staffordshire.
Everything about Gilbert Gerard →- Occupation
- politician, judge
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1545-47 Parliament, Member of the March 1553 Parliament, Member of the October 1553 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1517
- Died
- February 4, 1593, February 4, 1592