Treaty of Union took effect on 1 May 1707. Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland, last monarch of the Tudor dynasty, died without issue on 24 March 1603, and the throne fell at once (and uncontroversially) to her first cousin twice removed, James VI of Scotland, a member of House of Stuart and the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots. By the Union of the Crowns in 1603 he assumed the throne of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland as King James I. This personal union lessened the constant English fears of Scottish cooperation with France in a
John Tudor (minister) John Tudor (minister) R. John Tudor (8 February 1930 - 29 October 2009) was an English Methodist minister. He is considered the last of what were called the 'Mission Men' in Methodism. Tudor was a son of the manse, born in Northampton in 1930. His father was the Rev C. Leonard Tudor, who was for many years the General Secretary of the Home Mission Division of the Methodist Church. Tudor was educated at Clee Grammar School for Boys in Cleethorpes and later at Manchester University before joining the Royal Air Force. He trained for the Methodist Ministry at Hartley Victoria