Lord Proprietor of Maryland

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colonial governor (de jure) hereditary noble office proprietary colonial title

The Lord Proprietor of Maryland was the hereditary noble who held quasi-royal authority over the Province of Maryland under an English colonial charter.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lord Proprietor of Maryland canonical	3
Proprietary Governor of Maryland	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial governor (de jure) ⓘ hereditary noble office ⓘ proprietary colonial title ⓘ
abolished	1776 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ surface form: Chesapeake Bay region (colonial era) Colony of Maryland ⓘ surface form: Maryland colony Province of Maryland ⓘ
basedOn	English colonial charter law ⓘ feudal land tenure principles ⓘ
country	Province of Maryland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy	Maryland charter of 1632 ⓘ surface form: Charter of Maryland royal charter ⓘ
endTime	1776 ⓘ
foundedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ
grantedBy	Charles I of England ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown
hasAuthorityOver	appointment of colonial officials in Maryland ⓘ calling and dismissing the colonial assembly ⓘ collection of certain taxes in Maryland ⓘ establishment of courts in Maryland ⓘ land grants in Maryland ⓘ
hasCapital	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis (later colonial period) St. Mary's City, Maryland ⓘ surface form: St. Mary’s City (early colonial period)
hasPrivilege	quasi-royal authority ⓘ right to create manors ⓘ right to establish towns and ports ⓘ right to grant titles to land ⓘ right to receive feudal dues ⓘ
hasTitleHolder	Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore ⓘ Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore ⓘ Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore ⓘ
heldByDynasty	Barons Baltimore ⓘ Calvert family ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ colonial America ⓘ
inception	1632 ⓘ
legalForm	proprietary colony ⓘ
location	Atlantic seaboard of North America ⓘ North America ⓘ
nobleRank	baron ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ English colonial system in North America ⓘ
replacedBy	Governor of Maryland (state office) ⓘ Government of Maryland ⓘ surface form: State government of Maryland
startTime	1632 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown King of England ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → titleHeld → Lord Proprietor of Maryland ⓘ

subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → positionHeld → Lord Proprietor of Maryland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Proprietary Governor of Maryland

Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → positionHeld → Lord Proprietor of Maryland ⓘ

Maryland charter of 1632 → titleConferred → Lord Proprietor of Maryland ⓘ