Robert and Thomas Wintour the continent and again failed to elicit Spanish support, but instead met Guy Fawkes, with whom he returned to England. Robert, a devout Catholic who inherited Huddington Court near Worcester, joined the conspiracy the following year. The plot began to unravel following the delivery of an anonymous letter to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, warning him to stay away from Parliament. Thomas and Catesby confronted Monteagle's brother-in-law, the recently recruited Francis Tresham, threatening to kill him, but Tresham managed to convince them of his innocence. At that stage Thomas reportedly asked Catesby to abandon the scheme, to no avail. When
Robert Ambrose (politician) Robert Ambrose (politician) Robert Ambrose (1855 – 13 June 1940) was an Irish politician. Born in Newcastle West in County Limerick, the son of Michael Ambrose and Eliza Quaide, he was educated at Wier's School and Queen's College, Cork. He qualified as a surgeon and set up a practice in the East End of London. Despite this, he stood in the West Mayo by-election, 1893 for the anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation and was elected, holding his seat in the 1895, 1900 and 1906 general elections. He decided not to stand in January 1910, and instead became involved with the British