LEONARD CALVERT (1606-1647)
MSA SC 3520-198
Leonard Calvert by Florence MacKubin (1914),
oil on canvas, 30 x 25",
said to be after a seventeenth century portrait in a
private collection.
MSA SC 1545-1106
Leonard Calvert, Maryland's first colonial governor, was born in England circa 1606. His father, Sir George Calvert, received the title, Baron of Baltimore, from King James I of England, and thus became 1st Lord Baltimore in February 1625. When George died on April 15, 1632, Leonard's brother, Cecilius Calvert, succeeded to the title 2nd Lord Baltimore. Cecilius was granted the Charter of Maryland on June 20, 1632 by King Charles I of England. In 1633, Leonard sailed to Maryland with the first two ships of immigrants, and he became the colony's first governor. He served until his death on June 11, 1647.
Biographical
profile of Leonard Calvert
from A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature by
Edward C. Papenfuse, et al.
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979), 190.
Governor
Calvert's Commission,
GOVERNOR AND
COUNCIL (Proceedings) MSA S 1071-2
Transcription
of Governor Calvert's Commission,
Archives of Maryland - Proceedings of the Council, 1636-1667
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Archives
of Maryland Collection) MSA SC 2908
Governor
Calvert's First Days in Maryland
Excerpt from Maryland State Archives 350th Anniversary Document Series:
A Relation of the Successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's
Plantation in Mary-land
(Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1990)
To
View Entire Text of the Relation of Maryland as a PDF
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Huntingfield
Corporation Collection)
A Relation of the Successefull beginnings of the Lord Baltemore's
Plantation in Mary-land
MSA SC 1399-526
Leonard
Calvert Assigns Power of Attorney to Giles Brent,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Theodore
C. Brady Collection) MSA SC 601
Leonard
Calvert's Demand for Payment of Debt,
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (James
V. Mink Collection) MSA SC 379
Deposition
Regarding Leonard Calvert's Last Wishes,
PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills,
Original Record) MSA S 1276-1
Inventory
of Leonard Calvert's Estate,
GOVERNOR AND
COUNCIL (Proceedings) MSA S 1071-4
Transcription
of Calvert's Inventory,
Archives of Maryland - Proceedings of the Council, 1636-1667
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (Archives
of Maryland Collection) MSA SC 2908
Margaret
Brent, Executrix for Leonard Calvert
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