page_title: Humphrey Gilbert
hierarchical_section_title: Humphrey Gilbert
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
context_page_description: Sir Humphrey Gilbert
  of Compton in the parish of Marldon and of Greenway in the parish of Churston Ferrers, both in Devon, England, was an 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.
context_section_description: Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583)
  of Compton in the parish of Marldon and of Greenway in the parish of Churston Ferrers, both in Devon, England, was an 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.
caption: Portrait at Compton Castle
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