1. Leonard Calvert was the second son of The 1st Baron Baltimore, the first proprietor of Maryland.
12 Facts About Leonard Calvert
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Leonard Calvert was born in England to George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore and his wife Anne Mynne, and was named in honor of his paternal grandfather, Leonard Calvert of Yorkshire.
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Leonard Calvert accompanied his father to the new colony of Newfoundland in 1628.
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Leonard Calvert was appointed by his brother as the colony's first governor.
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In 1638, Leonard Calvert seized a trading post at Kent Island established by the Virginian William Claiborne.
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In 1643, Governor Leonard Calvert went to England to discuss policies with his brother Lord Baltimore, the proprietor, leaving the affairs of the colony in charge of acting Governor Giles Brent, his brother-in-law.
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Leonard Calvert returned to Maryland in 1644 with a new wife and children.
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Leonard Calvert returned at the head of an armed force in 1646 and reasserted proprietarial rule.
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Leonard Calvert died of an illness in the summer of 1647.
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Leonard Calvert named his friend and fellow passenger aboard The Ark and The Dove, Thomas Greene, as his successor to the governorship.
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The location of Leonard Calvert's grave has been lost to history, but there is an effort underway to find it.
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Archeologists based in the Historic St Mary's City research complex believe that Leonard Calvert is buried somewhere in St Inigoes, Maryland.