Gilbert Colony?

[yankees13]

Who is Gilbert and what colony did he esetablish and why did it fail?  Im working with the 13 original colonies and never heard of Gilbert.  Am I wrong to ask this question?  Any help will be greatly apperciated.

[jno]

He was really earlier than the 13. Humphrey Gilbert was Walter Raleigh's brother in law. He set out to found a colony - before Ralegh himself got interested - but  things went wrong and he was drowned. He did claim Newfoundland for England. See here for biography

[Grunty]

jno is correct if you mean Sir Humphrey Gilbert.  About two centuries earlier, Thomas Gilbert played a part in the founding of the Gilbert Islands (now part of Tuvalu), but I don't know why anyone should say that colony failed.