14. *John Ross, again sworn in, served from April, 1761 to 18 June
1765. As he had other lucrative offices, Ross was required to render all

profits of this one to Lord Baltimore and to Lt. Gov. Sharpe to recompense
them for losses in the Darnall defalcation. This was accomplished by January,

1765 (AM, IX, 512; XIV, 202; Gilmor Papers, vol. 1, div. 1, art. 8½).

15. Walter Dulany of Annapolis (Prot., brother of Daniel, Dulany, Jr. ),
com. 18 June 1765 (Commission Book No. 82, f. 168); resigned when appointed
Commissary General, 15 July 1767.

16. *George Plater III St. Mary's County (Prot.), 1 Aug. 1767;
recom. 28 Aug. 1769 and 29 April 1773 (Ibid., ff. 203, 308). Removed in April,

1777. He became Governor of Maryland in 1791, but he died the following year,

10 Feb. 1792.

b. Naval Officer of North Potomac.

1. Capt. John Coode of St. Mary's County (Prot., former wife Cath.),
appointed by act of 4 Sept. 1689; left for England in August, 1690 (AM, XIII,
246; VIII, 206).

2. Samuel Cooksey of Charles County (Prot.), succeeded Coode in August,

1690 (AM, XIII, 407; XXII, 62, 96).

3. Philip Clarke of St. Mary's County (Prot.) and Maj. William Dent
of Charles County (Prot.), com. and sworn 19 Nov. 1694, Clarke for the Lower
Potomac (Point Lookout up to Portobacco), Dent for the "upper Parts of Charles
County" (AM, XX, 186).

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