Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, was a British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. He inherited the title to Maryland aged just fifteen, on the death of his father and grandfather, when the colony was restored by the British monarchy to the Calvert family's control, following its seizure in 1688. In 1721 Charles came of age and assumed personal control of Maryland, travelling there briefly in 1732. For most of his life, he remained in England, where he pursued an active career in politics, rising to become Lord of the Admiralty from 1742 to 1744. He died in 1751 in England, aged 52.
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, c. 1740.
Charles was succeeded by his eldest son Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore.
Benedict Swingate Calvert, painted by John Wollaston c. 1754
Woodcote Park in an engraving by John Hassell circa 1816
The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America from 1634 until 1776, when the province was one of the Thirteen Colonies that joined in supporting the American Revolution against Great Britain. In 1781, Maryland was the 13th signatory to the Articles of Confederation. The province's first settlement and capital was in St. Mary's City, located at the southern end of St. Mary's County, a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay bordered by four tidal rivers.
Henrietta Maria, the English queen after whom the colony was named
1975 reconstruction of Maryland Dove at St. Mary's City
Catholic church at St Mary's City
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore