Kingdom of England down. By 1588, her new navy was strong enough to defeat the Spanish Armada, which had sought to invade England to put a Catholic monarch on the throne in her place. The House of Tudor ended with the death of Elizabeth I on 24 March 1603. James I ascended the throne of England and brought it into personal union with the Kingdom of Scotland. Despite the Union of the Crowns, the kingdoms remained separate and independent states: a state of affairs which lasted for more than a century. The Stuart kings overestimated the power of the English monarchy, and were
Tudor Vaughan destroyer Ehrensköld. On arrival in England on 6 May 1929, Vaughan was buried at the Church in the Wood, Hollington, East Sussex. In 1912 Tudor Vaugan's father Henry Vaughan and his sons and daughters added the name St Andrew to their surname, so that John Charles Tudor Vaughan became formally John Charles Tudor St Andrew-Vaughan. However, he continued to be known as Tudor Vaughan and official notices referred to him as John Charles Tudor Vaughan. Tudor Vaughan was appointed MVO in 1908 and CMG in the New Year Honours of 1918. He was knighted KCMG in the 1925 Birthday Honours.