* 1605 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician ( d. 1675 )

Fighting off a prior claim by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, Proprietor of Maryland, the Duke passed his somewhat dubious ownership on to William Penn in 1682.

The Maryland colony was founded by Cecilius Calvert in 1634.

Like his father George Calvert, who had originated the efforts that led to the colony's charter, Cecilius Calvert was Catholic at a time when England was dominated by the Anglican Church.

From Maryland's earliest days, Cecilius Calvert had enjoined its colonists to leave religious rivalries behind.

The coat of arms of Maryland's founding Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Calvert family is shown.

* The Right Honourable Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Likewise, there were palatine provinces among the English colonies in North America: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was granted palatine rights in Maryland in 1632, as were the proprietors of the Carolinas in 1663.

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ( August 8, 1605 – November 30, 1675 ), was an English peer who was the first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland, and ninth Proprietary Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland.

Cecilius Calvert, whose first name was sometimes spelled Cæcilius, or Caecilius, was born on August 8, 1605, in Kent, England to George Calvert, the 1st Lord Baltimore and Anne Mynne ( or Mayne ).

Cecilius Calvert died in Middlesex, England on November 30, 1675.

George Calvert and Cecilius Calvert: Barons Baltimore of Baltimore.

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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, the founder of Maryland

* Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ( 1605 – 1675 )

A life-sized statue of Cecilius Calvert is located in front of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Court House in Baltimore, Maryland.

* Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ( 1605 – 1675 )

* Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ( 1605 – 1675 ), first proprietor of Maryland

The Maryland colony was founded by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, hence the use of his coat of arms in the flag.

Calvert died five weeks before the new charter was sealed, leaving the settlement of the Maryland colony to his son Cecilius.

The city of Baltimore, Maryland was named for his son, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

In the colonies, the historic Province of Avalon in Newfoundland was granted palatine status, as was Maryland under Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

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

His father Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ( 1605 – 1675 ) was the first Proprietor Governor of Maryland, and 9th Proprietor Governor of Newfoundland.

It evolved from the upper house of the colonial assembly created in 1650 when Maryland was a proprietary colony controlled by Cecilius Calvert.

These appointees had close political and economic ties to the proprietors of the Maryland colony, Cecilius Calvert and his descendants.

The inscription on the rim of the seal shows the phrase, Cecilius Absolutus Dominus Terræ Mariæ et Avaloniæ Baro de Baltimore, which translates to " Cecil, Absolute Lord of Maryland and Avalon, Baron of Baltimore " ( Chapter 79, Acts of 1969 ; Sections 13-101 through 13-105 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland ).

Following the formation of the province of Maryland, Claiborne continued to recognize the island as part of his home colony of Virginia while Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore recognized it as part of Maryland.

In 1648, Stone reached an agreement with Cecilius Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore to resettle the group in central Maryland.

The town was first called " Cecilius.

Benedict was unimpressed, and his younger brother Cecilius wrote to him that family opinion in England was appalled at Captain Calvert's behaviour, and " thinks him mad ".

This battle was an extension of the conflict in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and pitted a Commonwealth force of Puritan settlers against a Royalist force of Catholic settlers aligned with Lord Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert.

The first seal was stolen in 1645 by Richard Ingle during a rebellion, but a similar one was sent as a replacement by Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore.

He was appointed by the royally chartered proprietor of Maryland, Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, as a caretaker to replace Josias Fendall.

Caroline Calvert, daughter of Maryland's proprietor Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore.

When George Calvert died, his son, Cecil Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore, became the proprietor.

Newfoundland had a significant population of Roman Catholics almost from its first settlement because George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, was the founding proprietor of the Province of Avalon on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula.

In 1643 Governor Calvert went to England to discuss policies with his brother the proprietor, leaving the affairs of the colony in charge of acting Governor Giles Brent, his brother-in-law.

Similar conflicts between Maryland and Pennsylvania had been resolved earlier, by 1767, through the work of two men chosen by Cæcilius Calvert, brother of Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, proprietor of Maryland, and Thomas Penn and his brother Richard, sons of William Penn and proprietors of Pennsylvania.