See also:SIR See also:HUMPHREY See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
GILBERT (c. 1539-1583)
, See also:English soldier, navigator and See also:pioneer colonist in See also:America, was the second son of See also:Otho See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert, of See also:Compton, near See also:Dartmouth, See also:Devon, and step-See also:brother of See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Raleigh
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He was educated at See also:Eton and See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford; intended for the See also:law; introduced at See also:court by Raleigh's aunt, See also:Catherine See also:Ashley, and appointed (See also:July 1566) See also:captain in the See also:army of See also:Ireland under Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Sidney
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In See also:April 1566 he had already joined with Antony Jenkinson in a See also:petition to See also:Elizabeth for the See also:discovery of the See also:North-See also:East Passage; in See also:November following he presented an See also:independent petition for the " discovering of a passage by the north to go to Cataia." In See also:October 1569 he became See also:governor of See also:Munster; on the 1st of See also:January 1570 he was knighted; in 1571 he was returned M.P. for See also:Plymouth; in 1572 he campaigned in the See also:Netherlands against See also:Spain without much success; from 1573 to 1578 he lived in retirement at Limehouse, devoting himself especially to the advocacy of a North-See also:West Passage (his famous Discourse on this subject was published in 1576)
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Gilbert's arguments, widely circulated even before 1575, were apparently of See also:weight in promoting the See also:Frobisher enterprises of 1576–1578
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On the 11th of See also:June 1578, Sir See also:Humphrey obtained his See also:long-coveted See also:charter for North-Western discovery and colonization, authorizing him, his heirs and assigns, to discover, occupy and possess such remote " See also:heathen lands not actually possessed of any See also:Christian See also:prince or See also:people, as should seem See also:good to him or them." Disposing not only of his patrimony but also of the estates in See also:Kent which he had through his wife, daughter of See also:John Aucher of 011erden, he fitted out an expedition which See also:left Dartmouth on the 23rd of See also:September 1578, and returned in May 1579, having accomplished nothing
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