Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore was an English colonial administrator. He inherited the province of Maryland in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. He had been
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1675–1715
The Maryland Toleration Act, passed in 1649
Benedict, Baltimore's son
Henry Darnall, who was overthrown in the Protestant Revolution
Charles Calvert (governor)
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Captain Charles Calvert was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Maryland from 1720 to 1727. Serving during a period when the Calvert family had recently reg
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
…1710. His fourth and final marriage was to Margaret Charleton, daughter of Thomas Charleton, in 1712. Calvert may also have had an illegitimate son, Charles Calvert Lazenby, born in England in 1688, who would grow up to have a career in the army and later become Governor of Maryland in his own right. Captain Calvert's…
Portrait by John Wollaston, 1754
Benedict Leonard Calvert, who replaced Calvert as governor of Maryland in 1727
1754 portrait of Calvert's daughter Elizabeth by John Wollaston in 1754