Charles Carroll, known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was the only Catholic signator
Portrait by Chester Harding, 1830
The Carroll family's coat of arms
Doughoregan Manor, the Carroll family seat, now a National Historic Landmark
Charles Carroll of Carrollton Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1763 Yale Center for British Art
Charles Carroll the Settler
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Charles Carroll I, sometimes called Charles Carroll the Settler to differentiate him from his son and grandson, was an Irish-born planter and lawyer who spent most of his life in the English Province
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
…were descendants of the Ó Cearbhaill's, who were the rulers of the Irish petty kingdom of Éile in King's County, Ireland. Carroll's grandfather was Charles Carroll the Settler, an Irishman from Aghagurty who moved to London in 1685 and worked as a clerk for English nobleman Lord Powis before emigrating to Maryland in October…
Possible portrait, c. 1700–1720
A depiction of the University of Douai in France, where Carroll studied civil and canon law