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  2. Humphrey Gilbert - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Sir Humphrey Gilbert - Wikipedia

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  4. West Country Men - Wikipedia

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    The group included Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Richard Grenville, and Sir Ralph Lane. [1] Five of these individuals originated in the southwest region of England known as the West Country , and were particularly associated with the seaports of Devon , especially Plymouth .

  5. Humphrey Gilbert (cricketer) - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Humphrey Gilbert (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Humphrey Gilbert (1539–1583) was an English adventurer, colonialist and MP at the court of Elizabeth I. Humphrey Gilbert may also refer to: Humphrey Gilbert (cricketer) (1886–1960), Indian-born English cricketer; CCGS Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker, renamed Polar Prince

  7. English ship Squirrel (1570s) - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert went ashore at St John's to claim the area as England's first overseas colony under Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I. [4] Plans for a further expedition south along the American coastline were abandoned following a critical shortage of supplies, and Gilbert elected instead to return to England. [ 5 ]

  8. English ship Delight (1583) - Wikipedia

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    Delight and Squirrel left England in 1583 to take part in Sir Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to Newfoundland.. After reaching Sable Island Delight ' s captain Richard Clarke had a dispute with Sir Humphrey Gilbert to provide a safe passage near the island, but eventually captain Clarke followed Sir Gilbert's orders to pass close to the island.

  9. Newfoundland expedition (1585) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Humphrey Gilbert, provided with patent letters from the Queen had landed in St John's in August 1583, and formally took possession of Newfoundland for England [13] [14] Bernard Drake (distant kinsman of Sir Francis Drake), had become associated with Gilbert, through his relatives Richard Grenville and Walter Raleigh. [15]