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,
Hampton Natl Historic Site
Charles Carnan Ridgely, Hampton's second master
Thomas Sully. Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely. 1818. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Hampton Mansion in 1861
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
Hampton National Historic Site
…it was completed in 1790, the Hampton Mansion was the largest private home in the United States. When Capt. Ridgely died that same year, his nephew, Charles Carnan Ridgely (1760–1829), became the second master of Hampton. He had 10,590 feet (3,228 m) of irrigation pipes laid in 1799 from a nearby spring to provide water…
Priscilla Dorsey, copy of a portrait by Rembrandt Peale