George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

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English statesman colonial proprietor founder of colony human nobleman

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, was an English statesman and colonial proprietor best known as the founder of the Maryland colony and an early advocate for religious toleration in North America.

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Label Occurrences
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore canonical 10
George Calvert 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English statesman ⓘ
colonial proprietor ⓘ
founder of colony ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
advocated religious toleration between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ
aimOfMarylandProject haven for English Catholics ⓘ
associatedWithPlace County Longford ⓘ
surface form: County Longford, Ireland

Kiplin Hall ⓘ
birthDate circa 1579 ⓘ
birthPlace Kiplin, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace St Dunstan-in-the-West ⓘ
surface form: St Dunstan-in-the-West, London
child Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Leonard Calvert ⓘ
Philip Calvert ⓘ
colonialCharterFrom Charles I of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdPeerageTitle Baron Baltimore ⓘ
deathDate 1632-04-15 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Lincoln's Inn ⓘ
Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
era early 17th century ⓘ
foundedColonyInRegion Chesapeake Bay region ⓘ
surface form: Chesapeake Bay area
influenced policy of religious toleration in early Maryland ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of religious toleration in North America ⓘ
founding the Maryland colony ⓘ
proprietary colonization projects ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOfParliamentFor Bossiney ⓘ
York ⓘ
monarchServed James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
name George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: George Calvert
nobleTitle 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
occupation colonial entrepreneur ⓘ
politician ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of Ireland ⓘ
positionHeld Secretary of State of England ⓘ
previousReligion Anglicanism ⓘ
proposedColony Avalon ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
resignedOfficeBecauseOf conversion to Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs clerk of the Privy Council ⓘ
principal secretary of state ⓘ
spouse Anne Mynne ⓘ
successorAsProprietorOfMaryland Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

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Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → father → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore → succeeded → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
subject surface form: Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore → grandfather → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Maryland charter of 1632 → relatedTo → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family → notableMember → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Calvert family → founder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Flag of Maryland → armigerOfCalvertQuarter → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → firstHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → hasHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → mostFamousHolder → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
Baron Baltimore → createdFor → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Calvert
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore → name → George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Calvert