Baron Baltimore

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Baron Baltimore was an English noble title most famously associated with the Calvert family, who founded and governed the early American colony of Maryland.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Baron Baltimore canonical 6
Lord Baltimore 5
Baroness Baltimore 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English peerage title
hereditary title
associatedWith Colony of Maryland
Province of Maryland
coatOfArmsUsedIn Great Seal of Maryland
linked to: Seal of Maryland
country Kingdom of England
createdFor George Calvert
creationDate 1625
extinctionDate 1771
extinctionReason lack of legitimate male heirs
firstHolder George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
governed Colony of Maryland
Province of Maryland
grantedBy English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England
grantedPowers quasi-feudal authority over Maryland
right to appoint colonial officials in Maryland
right to collect certain taxes in Maryland
right to establish courts in Maryland
hasHolder Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore
Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
historicalEra Colonial America
Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
influenced Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
religious toleration policies in Maryland
lastHolder Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore
legacy name used in Baltimore, Maryland
symbol of Maryland’s colonial proprietorship
linkedPlace Baltimore, County Longford, Ireland
London
linked to: London, England

Maryland
monarchAtCreation James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
mostFamousHolder Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
nobleFamily Calvert family
notableFor founding of Maryland
proprietary government in colonial America
peerage Peerage of England
Peerage of Ireland
politicalSystemAssociated proprietary colony
religionOfFoundingFamily Roman Catholicism
titleHolderRole proprietor of Maryland
titleTerritorialDesignation of Baltimore in the County of Longford

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore titleHeld Baron Baltimore
Anne Arundell nobleTitle Baroness Baltimore
linked to: Baron Baltimore
Talbot family connectedTo Lord Baltimore
linked to: Baron Baltimore
Maryland charter of 1632 providedTo Lord Baltimore
linked to: Baron Baltimore
Calvert family notableTitle Baron Baltimore
Calvert family notableTitle Lord Baltimore
linked to: Baron Baltimore
Calvert family hereditaryTitle Baron Baltimore
Maryland Toleration Act associatedWith Lord Baltimore
linked to: Baron Baltimore