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A stamp depicting Gilbert. After the assassination of O'Neill in 1567, Gilbert was appointed governor of Ulster and served as a member of the Irish Parliament.At about this time, he petitioned William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth's principal secretary, for a recall to England, citing "for the recovery of my eyes", but his ambitions still rested in Ireland and particularly in the southern province of ...
Humphrey Adam Gilbert (2 June 1886 – 19 July 1960) was an Indian-born English first-class cricketer who played in 118 matches. All of these were in England, [ 1 ] with the majority for Worcestershire and Oxford University . [ 2 ]
The cited source for Humphrey Gilbert's coat of arms was published 300 years or so after his death. However, the coat of arms recorded by his son in the 1620 Devon Visitation here is slightly different: "argent, on a chevron SABLE (black), three roses of the field." For wikipedia, which source is more reliable?--
In 1574 he, together with Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Richard Grenville, and Christopher Carleill, petitioned the queen to allow them an expedition into unknown lands. In the enterprise, which finally took form in 1583, Peckham alongside Thomas Gerard was the chief adventurer, Gilbert assigning to him large grants of land and liberty of trade.
C. P. H. Gilbert's father was Loring Gilbert, a direct descendant of John Gilbert, the second son of Giles Gilbert of Bridgwater, Somerset, England, who came to America early in the 17th century and settled at Dorchester, near Boston, and died at Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1654. Loring Gilbert was a leading commission merchant who had a ...
Gilbert arranged to have the poem published and paid part of the printing costs. [2] As preparations for Gilbert's voyage proceeded, Parmenius took the opportunity to join the expedition and serve as chronicler of the enterprise. On 11 June 1583 they set sail from Plymouth with a fleet of five ships.
Gilbert grew to 5-foot-7, wiry and strong, and became a star athlete. He went to Pacific University, competing in football, wrestling, track and field, gymnastics and boxing.
In the 1560s Humphrey Gilbert was an influential advocate for seeking a North-west Passage and penned a detailed treatise in support of the idea. [ 30 ] Although Frobisher may have expressed interest in a search for the North-west Passage as early as 1560, it was only much later that he actively pursued the idea.