Barons of Baltimore and Lords Proprietary of Maryland
GEORGE CALVERT, First Lord Baltimore.
Lords Proprietary.

1632—Caecillus Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore.
1675—Charles Calvert, Third Lord Baltimore.
1715—Benedict Leonard Calvert, Fourth Lord Baltimore.
1715—Charles Calvert, Fifth Lord Baltimore.
1751—Frederick Calvert, Sixth and Last Lord Baltimore.
1771 to 1776—Henry Harford, Last Proprietary.

A List of Those Who Governed Maryland Before 1776.*

1. William Claiborne gover'ed Kent Island, under the authority of

Virginia, from August, 1631, to 1633.

2. Leonard Calvert, commissioned by Caecilius, Lord Proprietary in
1633, arrived in Maryland March 25, 1836; died June 10, 1647.
(From February, 1645, until fall of 1646, he was In Virginia,
whither he fled from Richard Ingle, who usurped the govern-
ment and ruled for some months. After Ingle left, there was
anarchy for a year, until the Council chose Capt. Edward Hill
as Governor. This appointment was confirmed by Leonard
Calvert. During Leonard Calvert's absences from the Prov-
ince the following acted as Governor by his appointment: John
Lewger, April, 1638; Capt. Thomas Gornwalleys, May to Au-
gust, 1638, and May to July, 1641; Capt. Giles Brent, April II,
1643, to September, 1644; William Brainthwayt, September
and October, 1644; Capt. Edward Hill, July to Autumn, 1646.)

3. Thomas Greene, named by Leonard Calvert as his successor, served

until March, 1649.

4. William Stone, commissioned by the Proprietary August 6, 1648,
assumed office April, 1649; deposed by Parliamentary Commis-
sioners March 29, 1652. During absences from the Province
the following acted as Governor by his appointment: Thomas
Greene, May to July, and September to December, 1649;
Thomas Hatton, June, 1650.

8. Richard Bennett, Edmund Ourtis and William Clalborne, Parlia-
mentary Commissioners, March 29 to June 28, 1662.

6. William Stone restored by Parliamentary Commissioners and or-
dered to issue writs in the name of the "Keepers of the Liber-
ties of England.'' Deposed by the Commissioners July, 1654,
because he ordered writs to run in the Proprietary's name.

7. Commissioners named by the Parliamentary Commissioners on
July 22, 1654, with subsequent additions to fill vacancies made
by the Provincial Court. The original appointees were: Capt.
Wm. Fuller, Richard Preston, William Durans, Edward Lloyd,
John Smith, Leonard Strong, John Lawson, John Hatch. Rich-
Compiled by Dr. Bernard C. Steiner, of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.