Leonard Calvert
Deceased Person
1606 – 1647
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Who was Leonard Calvert?
Leonard Calvert was the First Proprietary Governor of Maryland. He was the second son of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, the first proprietary of the Province of Maryland. His elder brother Cecil, who inherited the colony and the title upon the death of their father George, April 15, 1632, appointed Leonard as governor of the Colony in his absence. Leonard was named after his grandfather, the father of George who was also "Leonard Calvert" of Yorkshire
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- Born
- 1606
England - Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Died
- Jun 9, 1647
Province of Maryland
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on July 23, 2013
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