Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland. Born in Kent, England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in
Portrait by Gerard Soest, c. 1670
Modern reconstruction of Dove, one of the two ships that carried settlers to plant Lord Baltimore's first settlement in Maryland in 1634.
Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's younger brother and the first governor of the Maryland colony.
Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649.
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore was an English politician. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I. He lost much of his pol
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
…England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in Avalon (Newfoundland) along with Maryland after the 1632 death of his father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580–1632), for whom it had been originally intended in a vast land grant from King Charles I (1600–1649, reigned 1625–1649). Young Calvert proceeded…
Baron George Calvert by Daniel Mytens I
Kiplin Hall
James I, painted by Daniël Mijtens in 1621. James made Calvert the first Baron Baltimore in 1625, in recognition of his services to the Crown.
Sketch of Sir George Calvert, c. 1620