Who was on the English throne at the time of the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the House of Lords?

Question

English artist Alison Lapper, MBE, who with her son also featured in a BBC documentary series "Child of our Time", has what rare medical condition?

Answer 1

James I
A group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby, despairing of survival under the new rule of James I who was surrounded by advisers from the tradition of Scotland's Presbyterianism, planned to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament on 5 November 1605. Guy Fawkes was given charge of the explosives, but at about midnight on 4 November 1605, was discovered guarding the barrels of gunpowder and was subsequently executed.