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The Calvert family is an English noble family and was a prominent family in the U.S. state of Maryland. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The title was granted in 1625 to Sir George Calvert (1580–1632), and it became extinct in 1771 on the death of Frederick, 6th Baron Baltimore. [1] The title was held by six members/generations of the Calvert family, who were Lord proprietors of the palatinates Province of Avalon in Newfoundland and Maryland Palatinate (later the Province of Maryland and subsequent American State of Maryland).
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (/ ˈ b ɔː l t ɪ m ɔːr /; 1580 – 15 April 1632) was an English politician. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I.
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699 – 1751) British nobleman and Proprietary Governor of Maryland: Benedict Leonard Calvert (1700 – 1732) 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland: Benedict Swingate Calvert (1722 – 1788) illegitimate son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, planter, slave owner, politician and Loyalist: Henry Harford
The Calvert estate at Woodcote Park, in a later engraving by John Hassell circa 1816 Captain Charles Calvert, likely the 3rd Baron Baltimore's illegitimate son. Calvert's political difficulties did not end with the loss of Maryland. In 1694, he was named in connection with the Titus Oates plot, although he successfully evaded arrest. In 1696 ...
The Province of Maryland was a proprietary colony, in the hands of the Calvert family, who held it from 1633 to 1689, and again from 1715 to 1776. George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (1580–1632) is often regarded as the founder of Maryland, but he died before the colony could be organized. The Province of Maryland.
Charles Calvert was born in England on 29 September 1699, the eldest son of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, and Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore.His grandmother Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, was the illegitimate daughter of Charles II, by his mistress, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.Born in Kent, England in 1605, he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in Avalon (Newfoundland) (off the eastern coast of the North America continent), along with Maryland after the 1632 death of his father, George Calvert, 1st Baron ...
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