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List of colonial governors of Maryland

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The Province of Maryland began as a proprietary colony of the Catholic Calvert family, the Lords Baltimore under a royal charter, and its first eight governors were appointed by them. When the Catholic King of England, James II, was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution, the Calverts lost their charter and Maryland became a royal colony. It was governed briefly by local Protestants before the arrival of the first of 12 governors appointed directly by the English crown. The royal charter was restored to the Calverts in 1715 and governors were again appointed by the Calverts through the American Revolution.

Colonial period

This list includes appointed governors, including those briefly appointed by the Cromwellian government, but excludes those who claimed themselves as governors of the colony without a formal appointment from London.

NumberNamePictureTook officeLeft officeProprietary governorsLeaders of the Protestant associatorsRoyal governorsGovernors of the restored proprietary government
1Leonard Calvert[[File:Leonard Calvert, by Jacob Van Oost I or II (1640).jpg75pxLCalvert]]16341647
2Thomas Greene16471649
3William Stone[[Image:William stone cropped.jpg75pxStone]]1649March 28, 1652
4Rev. Robert Brook Sr.March 29, 1652July 3, 1652
5William Stone[[Image:William stone cropped.jpg75pxStone]]July 4, 16521656
6Lieutenant-General Josias Fendall16571660
7Phillip Calvert16601660
8Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore[[Image:Charlescalvert 800.jpg75pxCCalvert]]16611676
9Jesse Wharton16761676
10Thomas Notley16761679
11Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore[[Image:Charlescalvert 800.jpg75pxCCalvert]]16791684
12Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore[[File:Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1715).jpg75px]]16841688
13William Joseph16881689
1John Coode16891690
2Nehemiah Blakiston16911692
1Sir Lionel Copley16921693
2Sir Thomas Lawrence16931694
3Sir Edmund Andros[[File:Sir Edmund Andros by Beale.jpg75pxAndros]]16931693
4Colonel Nicholas Greenberry16931694
5Sir Edmund Andros[[File:Sir Edmund Andros by Beale.jpg75pxAndros]]16941694
6Sir Thomas Lawrence16941694
7Francis Nicholson[[Image:Francis nicholson Dahl.jpg75pxNicholson]]16941699
8Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston16991702
9Thomas Tench17021704
10Colonel John Seymour17041709
11Major General Edward Lloyd17091714
12John Hart[[File:John Hart, by Herman van der Mijn (1732).jpg75px]]17141715
1John Hart[[File:John Hart, by Herman van der Mijn (1732).jpg75px]]17151720
2Colonel Thomas Brooke, Jr.17201720
3Captain Charles Calvert[[Image:Governor Charles Calvert.jpg75px]]17201727
4Benedict Leonard Calvert[[File:Benedict Leonard crop.jpg75px]]17271731
5Samuel Ogle[[File:Samuel ogle maryland.png75pxSamOgle]]17311732
6Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore[[Image:Charlescalvert5th.jpg75pxCCalvert5]]17321733
7Samuel Ogle[[File:Samuel ogle maryland.png75pxSamOgle]]17331742
8Sir Thomas Bladen17421746/47
9Samuel Ogle[[File:Samuel ogle maryland.png75pxSamOgle]]1746/471752
10Benjamin Tasker17521753
11Horatio Sharpe[[File:Horatio Sharpe.jpg75pxSharpe]]17531769
12Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland[[File:Robert Eden, by Florence Mackubin after Charles Willson Peale (1914).jpg75pxEden]]17691776

Notes

References

  1. "Maryland Governor - Origin & Functions". Maryland Manual Online.
  2. While Benedict Leonard Calvert, son of the proprietor, was technically Governor from 1684–88, though he was only an infant at this time. The actual governance was done by the Governor's council.
  3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jJX672KW8TMC&dq=charles+calvert+governor&pg=PA55 Yentsch, Anne E, p.55, ''A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology'', Cambridge University Press (1994)] Retrieved Jan 2010
  4. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zw87C-gF8GgC&dq=Captain+Charles+Calvert+maryland&pg=PA306 Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Greene, p.306, ''Maryland: A History of Its People''] Retrieved August 3, 2010
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