What was Guy Fawkes real first name? Guido, Gundry or John?
Guy Fawkes Bibliography Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), (also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish) was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York, England; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes converted to Catholicism and left for mainland Europe, where he fought for Catholic Spain in the Eighty Years' War against Protestant Dutch reformers in the Low Countries. He travelled to Spain to seek
Guy Fawkes River river descends over its course; and passes below Round Mountain, the highest peak of the Northern Tablelands. The river's course generally runs from the south to north along the valley of the Demon Fault Line, within the Guy Fawkes River National Park. Adjoining the national park are the Guy Fawkes River Nature Reserve and Guy Fawkes River State Conservation Area. The Bicentennial National Trail runs along the western side of Guy Fawkes River on what is a travelling stock route. The largest of the Grevillea genus, Southern Silky Oak, or "Grevillea robusta", is distributed in the Guy Fawkes River area,