21. Daniel Dulany, Jr., com. 26 Dec. 1758 and sworn 2 Jan. 1759 (Prot.
Proc. 1, 37, f. 204); resigned to be Deputy Secretary, 22 June 1761.

22. John Ridout of Annapolis (Prot.; Lt. Gov. Sharpe's protege; married
to Tasker's granddaughter and Dulany's niece), com. 23 June 1761 (Ibid., 1. 38,
f. 144) after the Calverts had disallowed his appointment as Deputy Secretary;
as Baltimore would not approve this appointment either, Ridout., in March, 1762,
resigned and succeeded Stephen Bordley in the Naval Office at Annapolis.

23. Stephen Bordley of Annapolis (Prot., son of Thomas Bordley above),
com. 13 March 1762 (Ibid., 1. 38, f. 315); died in office, 6 Dec, 1764. He
was Daniel Dulany's political rival and was said to be the only man in the
province of comparable abilities; stricken with paralysis in Dec. 1763.

24. Charles Goldsborough of Dorchester County (Prot.), com. 7 Dec. 1764
(Ibid., 1. 41, f, 1); died in office, 9 July 1767. He was a correspondent of
the Hanburys of London and a protege of Col. Edward Lloyd's.

25. Walter Dulany of Annapolis (Prot., brother of Daniel, Jr.), com.
15 July 1767; recom. 29 April 1773 (Ibid., 1 42, f. 176; Commission Book No.
82, f, 300); died in office, 20 Sept. 1773.

26. *Col. William Fitzhugh of Calvert County (Prot., wife's mother Cath.),
com. 23 Sept. 1773 (Prov. Ct. Rec., 1. DD #5, f. 552); office abolished, 20
April 1777. Fitzhugh, who served as an officer in the Continental Army, died
in 1798; his son George was an intimate friend of Lt. Gov. Eden's.

4. Attorney General

This office was permanently separated from that of Secretary in 1657.

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