Robert Catesby

English conspirator (died 1605)

Robert Catesby (3 March 1572 – 8 November 1605) was a conspirator and leader of group who planned the Gunpowder Plot, but failed.[1]

Robert Catesby, unknown artist, 1794

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  1. "Catesby, Robert (b. in or after 1572, d. 1605), conspirator – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4883. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)