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2 unusual facts about Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore


Leonardtown, Maryland

Nearly 20 years later, Seymour Town was renamed again to Leonard Town in honor of Benedict Leonard Calvert, who was Maryland's Governor during this period.

My Lady's Manor

In September 1716, his son Thomas Jr., then in his early twenties, married Charlotte Calvert, the fourteen-year old daughter of the fourth Lord Baltimore Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore.


Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore

Since he was just 5 years old at the time, this appointment was a purely honorary one, with the real work of governorship being carried out by his deputy, Henry Darnall.

Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, 10th Proprietary Governor of Maryland (21 March 1679 – 16 April 1715) was an English nobleman and politician.

Francis Brerewood

Francis Brerewood benefited from the patronage of the Calvert family, and painted a number of portraits of British aristocrats including that of Benedict Leonard Calvert, the younger son of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore.

He enjoyed the patronage of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, painting portraits of Lord Baltimore's son Benedict, and decorating the apartments of the Calvert family seat at Woodcote Park.

Mitford Crowe

He was the son of Patrick Crowe of Ashington, Northumberland, and brother of Christopher Crowe, diplomat, who married Charlotte, daughter of Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield, widow of Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore.


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