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Elisabeth, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia, (1907). Elisabeth (1596-1662), daughter of James I, was Electress Palatine and (briefly) queen of Bohemia

Henry Frederick Stuart, Prince of Wales, (1907). Henry Frederick (1594-1612), who died of typhoid fever at the age of 18, was the eldest son of King James I

William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 19th century. Artist: Henry Thomas Ryall
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 19th century. Laud (1573-1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of King Charles I of England

The Cholmondeley Sisters, 1600-1610. Double portrait of the sisters sitting in bed, each holding a baby. From the Tate Gallery, London

George Washington (1732-99), 1796. Artist: Gilbert Stuart
George Washington (1732-99), 1796. lst President of the USA (1789-1797). National Portrait Gallery, London

Hoxton Division, 1899. Artist: Stuff
Hoxton Division, 1899. James Stuart (1843-1913) British mathematician and engineer, champion of university education for women

William Harvey, English physician, in Windsor Park, 17th century (1870). Harvey (1578-1657) explaining to Charles I the results of his investigations into reproduction

John Radcliffe, English physician, 1747. Artist: Pierre Fourdrinier
John Radcliffe, English physician, 1747. Born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, Radcliffe (1650-1714) was Royal Physician to William III, Mary II and Queen Anne

Statue of William of Orange commemorating the Battle of the Boyne
Statue of William of Orange (4 November 1650 - 8 March 1702) commemorating the Battle of the Boyne (1690) in Sandy Row. This battle was a crucial moment in James IIs

Miniature portrait of King James II of England as the Duke of York. Artist: Samuel Cooper
Miniature portrait of James II of England (1633-701) as the Duke of York. James II was deposed after a four year reign to make way for the Prince of Orange. From the V&A

Great Fire of London, 1666 (19th century). Old St Paul s, destroyed in the fire, seen from the south bank of the Thames. Refugees from the flames cluster in boats

Great Fire of London, 1666 (1825). Charles II and Duke of Yorks party examining the scene. The fire, the worst in Londons history, began in a bakery in Pudding Lane and lasted for 4 days

Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Artist: Kronheim & Co
Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Boats full of citizens who have escaped cross the Thames while others look back to Old St Pauls and the blazing city from the safety of the South Bank

Capture of James, Duke of Monmouth after the Battle of Sedgmoor, July 1685. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1684) was the illegitimate son of Charles II

Queen Anne receiving the Duke of Marlborough, 19th century. Anne (1665-1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702. She was the second daughter of James II and sister of Mary II

Anne (1665-1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702. Queen Anne was the second daughter of James II and sister of Mary II

Edward Montagu, second Earl of Manchester, 17th century English nobleman, (1840). In the English Civil War Montagu (1602-1671) fought on the side of Parliament against the Royalists

Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1631. Artist: Daniel Mytens
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1631. Charles I (1600-1649) succeeded his father James I as King in 1625. His reign was dominated by a bitter dispute with Parliament over the extent of

James I, King of England and Scotland, 1621. Artist: Daniel Mytens
James I, King of England and Scotland, 1621. James (1566-1625) became King of Scotland in 1567 and England in 1601. The son of Mary Queen of Scots

Battle of Culloden, 16 April 1746 (18th century). Culloden was the last battle of the 1745 Jacobite rising under Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender

Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1660-1685, c1880. After the execution of his father, Charles I, in 1649 during the English Civil War, Charles II (1630-1685) went into exile

William of Orange landing with his army at Torbay, Devon, 5 November 1688. A protestant, William of Orange (1650-1702) was invited by a conspiracy of English notables to depose the Catholic James II

James Ussher, 17th century English clergyman and Archbishop of Armagh, 18th century. Artist: George Vertue
James Ussher, 17th century English clergyman and Archbishop of Armagh, 18th century. Using scriptural chronology, Ussher (1580-1656) fixed the date of the Earths Creation at 4004 BC

James, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685), Pretender to throne of Scotland and England. Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter launched a rebellion in 1685

John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain

John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Artist: Richard Sawyer
John Felton (1595?-1628), English Puritan naval officer, 1830. Felton murdered George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham at Portsmouth on 23 August 1628

Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660. Charles entering London on 29 May 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy

William Lilly (1602-1681), English astrologer, 1673. Lilly was the model for Sidrophel in Samuel Butlers satire Hudibras, 1663-1678. Portrait engraving from Lillys Merlini Anglici Ephemeris

William Lenthall, 17th century English parliamentarian and lawyer, c1843. Born at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Lenthall (1591-1662)

John Fletcher, early 17th century English playwright, early 19th century. Fletcher (1579-1625) collaborated with Francis Beaumont on a number of plays and with Jonson, Chapman and Massinger

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1881. Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. From " St

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