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About Humphrey Gilbert
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.
Everything about Humphrey Gilbert →- Occupation
- explorer, politician
- Position held
- Member of the 1571 Parliament, Member of the 1572-83 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1539
- Died
- September 9, 1583