George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

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George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, was an English statesman and colonial proprietor best known as the founder of the Maryland colony and an early advocate for religious toleration in North America.

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George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore canonical 17
George Calvert 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman ⓘ
colonial proprietor ⓘ
founder of colony ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
advocated religious toleration between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ
aimOfMarylandProject haven for English Catholics ⓘ
associatedWithPlace County Longford, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: County Longford

Kiplin Hall ⓘ
birthDate circa 1579 ⓘ
birthPlace Kiplin, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace St Dunstan-in-the-West, London ⓘ
child Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Leonard Calvert ⓘ
Philip Calvert ⓘ
colonialCharterFrom Charles I of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdPeerageTitle Baron Baltimore ⓘ
deathDate 1632-04-15 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Trinity College, Oxford ⓘ
era early 17th century ⓘ
foundedColonyInRegion Chesapeake Bay area ⓘ
influenced policy of religious toleration in early Maryland ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of religious toleration in North America ⓘ
founding the Maryland colony ⓘ
proprietary colonization projects ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOfParliamentFor Bossiney ⓘ
York ⓘ
monarchServed James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
name George Calvert ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
occupation colonial entrepreneur ⓘ
politician ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld Secretary of State of England ⓘ
previousReligion Anglicanism ⓘ
proposedColony Avalon ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resignedOfficeBecauseOf conversion to Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs clerk of the Privy Council ⓘ
principal secretary of state ⓘ
spouse Anne Mynne ⓘ
successorAsProprietorOfMaryland Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ

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

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore → father → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore → succeeded → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → grandfather → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland charter of 1632 → relatedTo → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family → notableMember → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family → founder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Flag of Maryland → armigerOfCalvertQuarter → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → firstHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → hasHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → mostFamousHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → createdFor → George Calvert ⓘ
linked to: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore → name → George Calvert ⓘ
linked to: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
Anne Mynne → spouse → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Ferryland → foundedBy → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family arms → associatedWithPerson → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Leonard Calvert → father → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family of Maryland → foundedBy → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
subject linked to: Calvert
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore → father → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
subject linked to: Calvert
Calvert family of Maryland → hasMember → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
subject linked to: Calvert
Riversdale Mansion → significantResident → George Calvert ⓘ
linked to: George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore