Lord baltimore biography

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George Calvert

(Lord Baltimore)
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George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, was born in England about , and was the descendant of a noble Flemish family of the same name. He studied at Oxford University. He was appointed by James I one of the principal secretaries of state, which office he resigned in , when he avowed his conversion to the långnovell Catholic faith. James, however, retained him in the Privy Council and made him Baron of Baltimore in Longford County, Ireland. Obtaining a grant from that sovereign of a large tract of nation in Newfoundland, he founded there at great expense, and for several years sustained, a colony named Avalon. Owing to the rigorous climate and difficulties with the French, his efforts were not crowned with success. Desirous, however, of securing a place where his fellow Catholics could enjoy liberty of worship, he visited Virginia in and explored the adjacent territory. Returning to England, he obtained f

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Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

English politician and lawyer (–)

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August – 30 November ) was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland. Born in Kent, England in , he inherited the proprietorship of overseas colonies in Avalon (Newfoundland) (off the eastern coast of the North America continent), along with Maryland after the death of his father, George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (–), for whom it had been originally intended in a vast land grant from King Charles I (–, reigned –). Young Calvert proceeded to establish and manage the Province of Maryland as a proprietary colony for English Catholics from his English country house of Kiplin Hall in North Yorkshire.

As a Catholic, he continued his father's legacy by promoting religious tolerance in the colony. He also was involved in the establishment of the Newfoundland Colony and the Province of Avalon. Maryland quickly became a haven for English Catholi

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Founding of Maryland - Educational Project for Elementary and Middle School Students
Maryland Public Television and Maryland State Archives (January-February )
written by Maria A. Day, MSA Archival Intern

Cecil (or Cecilius in Latin) Calvert was still a young man of 26 years when his father, George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, died in Upon his father's death, Cecil became the Second Baron of Baltimore and inherited the colonies and lands owned by his father. King Charles I had approved a request from George Calvert to establish a colony called the Province of Maryland (&#;Terra Mariae&#;) in But the Calvert family did not receive the Charter of Maryland until after George Calvert died. Now it was up to Cecil Calvert to establish and govern the new colony. Cecil was well educated, but he had did not have his father&#;s years of experience at governing colonies. No one knew what kind of leader Cecil might turn out to be when the King named him Lord Proprietor of Maryland. But Cecil w