People associated with the Gunpowder Plot

James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603, until his death in 1625. Though he long attempted to get both countries to adopt a closer political union, the kingdoms of Scotland and England remained sovereign states ruled by James in personal union, with their own parliaments, judiciaries and laws.

Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.

English conspirator (died 1605)

English Earl (1563-1612)

English conspirator

English conspirator

English baron

members of the Gunpowder Plot

English priest

English courtier and Member of Parliament, died 1622

British Jesuit priest involved in the Gunpowder Plot