Charles Calvert

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, 2nd Proprietor and 6th and 9th Proprietary Governor of Maryland (August 27, 1637 – February 21, 1714/1715), inherits the colony in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

He had been his father's Deputy Governor since 1661 when he arrived in the colony at the age of 24.

However, Charles leaves Maryland for England in 1684 and will never return.

The events following the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 will cost Calvert his title to Maryland; in 1689 the royal charter to the colony is withdrawn, leading to direct rule by the British Crown.

Calvert marries four times, outliving three wives, and dies in England in 1715 at the age of 78, his family fortunes much diminished.

With his death he passes his title, and his claim to Maryland, to his son Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679–1715), who outlives him by just two months.

It will fall to Charles' grandson, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore to see the family proprietorship in Maryland restored by the king.

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