32. Col. John Semour (Prot.), com,. 12 Feb. 1702/3; office 12
April 1704 (AM, XXV, 173); died in office, 30 July 1709.

33. Maj. Gen. Edward Lloyd (Prot., mother Cath., grandson of Edward Lloyd
above), succeeded as President of the Council on Seymour's death (AM, XXVII,

377 ); superseded by Hart.

34. Capt. John Hart (Prot.), com. by crown, at request of the Hon. Benedict
Leonard Calvert, 17 Jan, 1713/4; arrived 29 May 1714; com. by His Lordship, 30
May 1715. He proclaimed restoration of the Proprietary on 27 Dec. 1715 (AM,
XXV, 287, 323). At the same time as Chancellor, he took the proprietary Great
Seal from Receiver General Charles Carroll. On 11 Jan. 1716/7 he acquired the

Surveyorship General of the Eastern Shore. On 27 Feb. 1719/20, shortly before
his departure, he appointed Col. William Holland to the Chancellorship. He
left for home in May, 1720.

35. Col. Thomas Brooke II (Prot. convert, 3 of his brothers Jesuits),
President of the Council and acting Surveyor General of the Eastern Shore;
never assumed the Chancellorship. Superseded by Calvert.

36. *Capt. Charles Calvert (Prot., Baltimore's cousin, com. in Feb.

1719/20; presided over Assembly in October, 1720 (AM, XXIV, 4), On 6 Nov.
1721 he appointed Chancellor, to succeed Holland, Col. Richard Tilghman II
(nephew of Maj. Gen. Lloyd above), but on 12 July 1725 he took the Great Seal
again in order, as he said, the better to provide for his family. The office
of Chancellor was thereafter always held by the chief executive. In June, 1726
Capt. Calvert further provided for his family by exchanging his Eastern Shore

Surveyorship for the more lucrative Surveyorship General of the Western Shore;
this office he retained until his death, 2 Feb. 1733/4.

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