PROPRIETARY ASSEMBLY OF 1686-1688

Charles Calvert, 3rd Lord Baltimore, proprietor
Benedict Leonard Calvert, governor ¹

FIRST SESSION October 27-November 19, 1686
SECOND SESSION November 14-17; November 19-December 8, 1688

		UPPER	HOUSE
	Thomas Taillor 1	William Stevens (D-2)	Nicholas Sewall	Henry Coursey (SW- 1),
	Vincent Lowe	William Digges	Edward Pye	speaker 1
	Henry Darnall	William Burgess (D-2)	Clement Hill	William Joseph (A-2) 1
		LOWER	HOUSE
	ST MARY'S	CALVERT	TALBOT	John Brooke
	Clement Hill (DNS.C-1)	Henry Jowles	George Robotham	Daniel Clarke ?
	Joseph Pile Richard Gardiner (D-2) John Coode (E-2)	George Lingan CHARLES John Stone	John Edmondson SOMERSET James Round	ST MARY'S CITY Kenelm Cheseldyne, speaker !(?), 2
	KENT	Thomas Burford (D-2)	Stephen Luffe	Anthony Underwood
	Henry Hosier (DNS.D-1)4	Henry Hawkins (E-2)	DORCHESTER	CECIL
	Michael Miller William Hams (E-1)	BALTIMORE Thomas Thurston	Edward Pindar (DNS, S-l) 6	William Dare Edward Jones
	ANNE ARUNDEL 5	George Wells
	Richard Hill

			Committee Service
	ACCOUNTS (JOINT)	Hill (2)	Underwood (2)	Round (2)
	Digges (2, chm.)	Robotham (2)	Pile (2)

Benedict Leonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore's infant son and heir, was nominal lieutenant general and governor, but
actual executive power devolved upon a Board of Deputy Governors consisting of the councilors. In 1688 William Jo-
seph was appointed to the Council and elevated to the presidency, replacing Thomas Taillor in that leadership role.

Attended the first session and presided in the Upper House at the request of the other members; Lord Baltimore later
reprimanded these men for that request.

Appointed to the Council and Upper House before the Assembly convened in its first session. It is not known whether
Joseph Pile or Richard Gardiner was elected to replace him.
⁴ Died before the first session convened; William Harris was elected to replace him.

⁵The second delegate from Anne Arundel County has not been identified. No journal survives for the first session of
this Assembly, and only Hill's name appears in the records of the second session.

⁶ Appointed sheriff prior to the convening of the first session; it is not known whether John Brooke or Daniel Clarke
replaced him.

⁷ The Dorchester County commissioners detained Daniel Clarke from attending the second session, which resulted in a
complaint from the Lower House.

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