HE was the man behind the most notorious plot in British history, yet many have never heard his name. Here is what we know about Robert Catesby, his part in the gunpowder plot and his relation to G… ...

Kit Harington will play his ancestor Robert Catesby, the mastermind behind the Gunpowder Plot, in "Gunpowder," an upcoming BBC miniseries.

Did Robert Catesby actually come up with the Gunpowder Plot? Guy Fawkes, played by Tom Cullen, is the man most closely associated with the Gunpowder Plot — and effigies of the notorious ...

When Gunpowder premieres on HBO Dec. 18, viewers will be expecting action-packed drama. But, this drama comes with a side of very real history, and Robert Catesby from Gunpowder is a real person ...

All you need to know about the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 and why Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament ...

Who was involved in the famous Gunpowder Plot? Guy Fawkes was just one of 13 conspirators. Find out more about the other 12 gunpowder plotters here.

However, although Fawkes’ name is more commonly associated with the story of the Gunpowder Plot than Robert Catesby’s, it was in fact Catesby, played by Harington, who came up with the idea of ...

Kit Harington on Gunpowder: 'The idea was spawned from a piece of family curiosity' Harington plays his own ancestor, gunpowder plot ringleader Robert Catesby, in the a three-part BBC1 drama ...

Despite Guy Fawkes’ strong association with the Gunpowder Plot, it was actually Robert Catesby who masterminded the plot, reputedly first coming up with the plan in early 1604 and recruiting ...

In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James I inside and take control of the country. The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in ...

Catesby was the driving force behind the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 London, per HBO’s description (and, we suppose, history).