Archives of Maryland Historical List Governors of Maryland, 1715-1776

Governors under Restored Proprietary Government, 1715-1776

John Hart, 1715-1720

Continued to serve as governor after control of the province was returned to Charles, 5th Lord Baltimore, a professed Protestant.

Thomas Brooke, 1720

Became president of the council by virtue of his seniority when Hart returned to England.

Charles Calvert, 1721-1727

Benedict Leonard Calvert, 1727-1731

Samuel Ogle, 1731-1732

Charles Calvert, 1732-1733

Samuel Ogle, 1733-1742

Thomas Bladen, 1742-1746/47

Samuel Ogle, 1746/47-1752

Benjamin Tasker, 1752-1753

Became president of the council upon the death of Governor Ogle.

Horatio Sharpe, 1753-1769

Robert Eden, 1769-1776

Eden was in England from May to November 1774, during which time Richard Lee, president of the council, governed the province. Lee also governed the province briefly in 1776 during the interval between Eden's departure and the assumption of the government by the convention.