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Leonard Calvert

1606–1647 · 17th century

Leonard Calvert was the first proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland, the younger brother of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. In 1634 he led the first settlers aboard the Ark and the Dove to St Mary's City on the lower Potomac. He governed the colony, a refuge for English Catholics, through Indian diplomacy and the disorders of the English Civil War until his death in 1647.

Leonard Calvert
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Province of Maryland

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