King James I Quotes


Great Britain.


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James I, 1566-1625, King of Great Britain & Scotland, First person to use the Term for the Union of England & Scotland, Quoted in Niall Ferguson, “Scots Must Vote”, New York Times, September 15, 2014

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Although the Irish members of Parliament were never sufficient to control Parliament on an “Irish question” pitting Irish against English, they were at times in sufficient numbers to hold the balance of power between English factions, thus “controlling England.”


He chose to use a Pseudonym as he could have been hung for Treason for its contents.


King James I
King James I
  • Born: June 19, 1566
  • Died: March 27, 1625
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Monarch

James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.