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MARYLAND MANUAL

1649-1651/2

Captain William Stone
During absences from the Province he left the fol-
lowing men to act in his place: 1649, Thomas
Greene; 1650, Thomas Hatton.

1652

Parliamentary Commissioners

1652-1664

Captain William Stone

1664-1657

Commissioners appointed by Parliamentary
Commissioners

1657-1660

Josias Fendall
Appointed Luke Barber to serve in his place while
he was absent from the Province from June 1667
to February 1657/8.

1660-1661

Philip Calvert

1661-1676

Charles Calvert
Left Philip Calvert, William Calvert, Jerome White
and Baker Brooke as deputies governing the
Colony from May 1669 to November 1670 while
he was in England. On November 30, 1675, his
father died, and he became Lord Proprietary.

1676

Jesse Wharton
Cecilius Calvert, infant son of the Lord Proprie-
tary, was the nominal Governor from June to
October 1676, but, actually, the Province was gov-
erned by the Deputy Governors.

1676-1679

Thomas Notley
Succeeded Wharton as Deputy Governor, and later,
in October 1676, he was commissioned as Governor
by the Lord Proprietary.

1678/9-1684

Charles Calvert, Lord Proprietary
Calvert was definitely back in the Province by
January 1678/9, perhaps earlier, but he appears
to have permitted Notley to retain the title of
Governor until his death in April 1679.

1684-1688

Council of Deputy Governors
Benedict Leonard Calvert, infant son of the Lord
Proprietary, was commissioned Governor, but the
duties were actually performed by the Deputies.
The Deputies named in the commission were
George Talbot, Thomas Tailler, Colonel Vincent
Lowe, Colonel William Stevens, Colonel William
Burgess, Major Nicholas Sewall, and John Damall.
Most of them served the entire period indicated,
but there were a few changes.

1688-1689

William Joseph
Named as President of the Council of Deputies in
a commission from the Lord Proprietary.

1689-1690

John Coode
Leader of the Protestant Associators who seized
the government on August 1, 1689.

1690-1692

Nehemiah Blackiston
Appointed President of the Committee for the
Government of Maryland when Coode went to
England.

1692-1693

Sir Lionel Copley