CALVERT, George

Birth Name CALVERT, George [1]
Gender male
Age at Death about 52 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth about 1580 Yorks., England  
[2]
Death 1632 London, England  
 
Occupation     Entered Parliament, 1609. Secretary of State to James I, 1619-1625
 
Nobility Title     Lord Baltimore, 1
 

Parents

Father CALVERT, Leonard
Mother CROSSLAND, Grace

Families

Married Wife MYNNE, Anne
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage 1604-11-22 St. Peter's, Cornhill, London, England  
[1]
  Children
  1. CALVERT, Cecil
  2. CALVERT, Ann
  3. CALVERT, Dorothy
  4. CALVERT, Elizabeth
  5. CALVERT, Leonard
  6. CALVERT, Grace
  7. CALVERT, George
  8. CALVERT, Helen
  9. CALVERT, Henry
  10. CALVERT, John
  11. CALVERT, Francis
Married Wife ?, Joane
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage after 1622 Ireland (?)  
 
  Children
  1. CALVERT, Philip

Narrative

In 1632 Charles I granted the Lord Baltimore the right to found the colony of Maryland as a place for Roman Catholics to be free from persecution. As Baltimore died before the charter was signed, his son Cecilius, the second Lord Baltimore, founded the colony.

Source References

  1. McBee Braiuca Web Tree
  2. World Book Encyclopedia (1954)

Pedigree

  1. CALVERT, Leonard
    1. CROSSLAND, Grace
      1. CALVERT, George
        1. MYNNE, Anne
          1. CALVERT, Cecil
          2. CALVERT, Ann
          3. CALVERT, Dorothy
          4. CALVERT, Elizabeth
          5. CALVERT, Leonard
          6. CALVERT, Grace
          7. CALVERT, George
          8. CALVERT, Francis
          9. CALVERT, Helen
          10. CALVERT, Henry
          11. CALVERT, John
        2. ?, Joane
          1. CALVERT, Philip

Ancestors