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
Possible portrait, c. 1700–1720
A depiction of the University of Douai in France, where Carroll studied civil and canon law
Doughoregan Manor, one of the Carroll family homes in Maryland
Carroll of Maryland
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
Charles Carroll the Settler
…colonial assembly and Governor John Hart disfranchised them. His son, Charles Carroll II of Annapolis, became a wealthy planter and his grandson, Charles Carroll III of Carrollton, also wealthy, was the only Catholic signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Carroll was the second of four sons born to Daniel Carroll…
Portrait by Chester Harding, 1830
Charles Carroll of Carrollton Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1763 Yale Center for British Art