Benedict Swingate Calvert
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Benedict Swingate Calvert was an American planter, politician, and judge from Maryland who was a Loyalist during the American Revolution. He was the son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, the th
Portrait by John Wollaston, 1754
Calvert's father, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Benedict Swingate Calvert, painted by John Wollaston c. 1754.
John Parke Custis, Calvert's son-in-law
Eleanor Calvert
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Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart was a member of the wealthy American Calvert family of Maryland. She was the wife of politician John Parke Custis who was the son of Daniel Parke Custis and Martha Custis
Benedict Swingate Calvert
…artistic work. Their elegant and light carriages are drawn by finely bred horses, and driven by richly apparelled slaves. In 1774, Calvert's daughter Eleanor Calvert (1758–1811), married John Parke Custis, son of Martha Washington and the stepson of George Washington. Washington himself did not approve of the match…
Portrait attributed to John Ramage, c. 1780