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
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
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
Charles Calvert (governor)
…Calvert was born Charles Calvert Lazenby in England in 1688. Neither of his parents has been positively identified but it may be that his father was Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, 2nd Proprietor Governor of Maryland (1637–1715), or another member of the Calvert family. His mother's identity in unknown but, judging by the Calvert…
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