George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, as Lord Proprietor-designate of Maryland

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George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, was an English statesman and colonial visionary who founded the Maryland project as a haven for English Catholics in North America.

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instanceOf English statesman
Lord Proprietor-designate
colonial entrepreneur
founder of a colony project
nobleman
abandonedColony Avalon in Newfoundland due to harsh climate and difficulties
advocatedPolicy religious toleration within the proposed Maryland colony
aimedToProvide religious refuge for English Catholics
associatedWithMonarch Charles I of England
James VI and I
surface form: James I of England
birthDate circa 1579
birthPlace near Kiplin, Yorkshire, England
charterFinalization Maryland charter completed shortly after his death
charterPurpose establish a proprietary colony in North America
commemoratedBy U.S. state of Maryland’s association with the Calvert family
convertedTo Roman Catholicism as an adult
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1632-04-15
didNotLiveToSee actual settlement of Maryland in 1634
educatedAt Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED
envisionedEconomicBase tobacco cultivation and trade
envisionedPopulation mixed Catholic and Protestant settlers with legal toleration
era early 17th century
foundedProject Maryland colony as a haven for English Catholics
grantedPeerage Baron of Baltimore in the Peerage of Ireland
surface form: Baron Baltimore in the Irish peerage
hasFamilyName Calvert
hasGivenName George
hasTitle 1st Baron Baltimore
Baron Baltimore
surface form: Lord Baltimore
influencedBy English anti-Catholic laws and persecution
inspiredBy experience in Avalon to seek a more temperate colony
intendedColonyLocation Chesapeake Bay region
surface form: Chesapeake Bay region in North America
legacy model of early religious toleration in English America
lostOfficeBecauseOf public adherence to Catholicism
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of England
notableFor advocating religious toleration for English Catholics in North America
founding the Maryland colony project
peerageJurisdiction Kingdom of Ireland
politicalAffiliation supporter of the Stuart monarchy
positionHeld Secretary of State (England)
surface form: Secretary of State of England
previousColonialInvolvement proprietor of the Avalon colony in Newfoundland
proposedGovernmentForm proprietary colony under his family
relationship father of Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
religion Roman Catholicism
servedUnder James VI and I
surface form: King James I of England
soughtCharterFrom Charles I of England
surface form: King Charles I of England
successor Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

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Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore precededBy George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, as Lord Proprietor-designate of Maryland
subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore