Person:Gilbert Gerard (2)

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Gilbert Gerard
 
d.4 Feb 1593
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Name Gilbert Gerard
Gender Male
Marriage to Anne Ratcliffe (add)
Death[1] 4 Feb 1593
Reference Number? Q5560924?


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Sir Gilbert Gerard (died 4 February 1593) was a prominent lawyer, politician, and landowner of the Tudor period. He was returned six times as a member of the English parliament for four different constituencies. He was Attorney-General for more than twenty years during the reign of Elizabeth I, as well as vice-chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and later served as Master of the Rolls. He acquired large estates, mainly in Lancashire and Staffordshire.

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References
  1. Gilbert Gerard (judge), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Sir Gilbert Gerard, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.