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Humphrey Gilbert
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Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
(c. 1539 – 9 September 1583) of
Devon
in England was a half-brother of Sir
Walter Raleigh
(they had the same mother, Catherine Champernowne), and cousin of Sir
Richard Grenville
. Adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth
and was a pioneer of the
English colonial empire in North America
and the
Plantations of Ireland
.
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