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Born c.1606 • England
Died June 9, 1647 • Saint Mary’s • Maryland
Notable Family Members father George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Baltimore • brother Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
William Penn
William Penn
English Quaker leader and colonist
Humphrey Gilbert
Humphrey Gilbert
British explorer
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
American colonial clergyman
George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
British statesman
Bradford, William
William Bradford
Plymouth colony governor
Sir William Berkeley
British colonial official
Margaret Brent
British colonist
Bartholomew Gosnold
English explorer
John Davenport
Puritan clergyman
William Claiborne
American colonial governor
Sir Edmund Andros
Sir Edmund Andros
English colonial official
John Carver
British colonial governor
Sir George Carteret, Baronet
British politician
John Alden
English colonist
Priscilla Alden
English colonist
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Title page of Richard Hakluyt's The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation
Richard Hakluyt
British geographer
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
English explorer