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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).
At George Calvert's knighting, it was claimed that his family originally came from Flanders (a Dutch-speaking area today across the English Channel in modern Belgium). [1] Calvert's father, (an earlier) Leonard, was a country gentleman who had achieved some prominence as a tenant of Lord Wharton , [ 2 ] and was wealthy enough to marry a ...
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.
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
Frederick Calvert was born in 1731, the eldest son of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, 3rd Proprietor Governor of Maryland (1699–1751).He was named after his godfather, Frederick, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of George II, and father of George III. [1]
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 ...
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675) was an English peer, 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 ...
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.