Charles Carnan Ridgely
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Charles Carnan Ridgely, born Charles Ridgely Carnan and also known as Charles Ridgely of Hampton, was an American politician and aristocrat who served as the 15th governor of Maryland from 1815 to 181
Thomas Sully, Charles Carnan Ridgely, 1820, NGA 32582
Priscilla Dorsey, copy of a portrait by Rembrandt Peale
Hampton National Historic Site, in the Hampton area north of Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, preserves a remnant of a vast 18th-century estate, including a Georgian manor house, gardens, grounds,
Charles Carnan Ridgely
…Anti-Federalist for Maryland's 5th congressional district, losing to Federalist Samuel Smith. Carnan's uncle, Captain Charles Ridgely, willed his estate, Hampton, to him on the condition that he assume the name Charles Ridgely; he did so legally in 1790. When Charles's uncle, Captain Ridgely, died in 1790, Ridgely…
Hampton Natl Historic Site
Thomas Sully. Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely. 1818. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Hampton Mansion in 1861