Union of the Crowns Union of the Crowns The Union of the Crowns (; ) was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the thrones of England and Ireland, and the consequential unification for some purposes (such as overseas diplomacy) of the three realms under a single monarch on 24 March 1603. The Union of Crowns followed the death of Elizabeth I of England, the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, who was James's unmarried and childless first cousin twice removed. The Union was a personal or dynastic union, with the Crown of Scotland remaining both distinct and separate—despite James's best efforts to
Claud Tudor Order of the British Empire. Claud Tudor Colonel Claud Lechmere St John Tudor (27 December 1888 – 3 August 1977) was a British Army officer and English cricketer active from 1910 to 1927 who played for Sussex. He was born in Willingdon, Sussex and died in Oxford. He appeared in 19 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who scored 640 runs with a highest score of 116. Tudor served with the Royal Army Service Corps. For his services in the First World War, Tudor was awarded the Military Cross, the Serbian Order of the White Eagle (4th class) and invested