2-640-995 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1603, (1932). James Stuart (1566-1625) was the first King of Great Britain and the first Stuart monarch. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 1567, and he ruled England and Ireland as James I from 1603 until his death. With a picture of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft [Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1932]