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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English peerage title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
associatedWith Colony of Maryland ⓘ
Province of Maryland ⓘ
coatOfArmsUsedIn Seal of Maryland ⓘ
surface form: Great Seal of Maryland
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdFor George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: 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 Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown
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 Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore

Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
influenced Maryland Toleration Act ⓘ
surface form: 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 Cork ⓘ
surface form: Baltimore, County Longford, Ireland

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Maryland ⓘ
monarchAtCreation James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
mostFamousHolder Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Anne Arundell → nobleTitle → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baroness Baltimore
Talbot family → connectedTo → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Baltimore
Maryland charter of 1632 → providedTo → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Baltimore
Calvert family → notableTitle → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family → notableTitle → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Baltimore
Calvert family → hereditaryTitle → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland Toleration Act → associatedWith → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, as Lord Proprietor-designate of Maryland → hasTitle → Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Baltimore