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.

ROYAL GOVERNMENT

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
1693 Sir Thomas Lawrence
Elected Governor after death of Copley, but had
served only a week or two when Sir Edmund
Andros arrived in Maryland to assume control.

1693 Sir Edmund Andros

Remained in Maryland about ten days before re-
turning to Virginia.

1693-1694 Colonel Nicholas Greenberry
Appointed President of the Council by Andros.

1694 Sir Edmund Andros

Remained in Maryland about a week.
1694 Sir Thomas Lawrence

Appointed President of the Council by Andros.
1694-1698/9 Sir Francis Nicholson
1698/9-1702 Colonel Nathaniel Blackiston
1702-1704 Thomas Tench

Appointed President of the Council by Blackiston.
1704-1709 Colonel John Seymour
1709-1714 Major General Edward Lloyd
Elected President of the Council when Colonel
Francis Jenkins, who was senior member of the
Council and thus entitled to succeed Seymour,
failed to assert his right promptly.
1714-1715 John Hart

RESTORATION OF THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT

1715-1720 John Hart
1720 Thomas Brooke

Became President of the Council by virtue of his
seniority when Hart returned to England.
1720-1727 Charles Calvert
1727-1731 Benedict Leonard Calvert
1731-1732 Samuel Ogle
1732-1733 Charles Calvert, Lord Proprietary
1733-1742 Samuel Ogle
1742-1746/7 Thomas Biaden
1746/7-1762 Samuel Ogle