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unusual facts about Calvert family



Flags of counties of the United States

Several Maryland county flags, such as Calvert County, Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, incorporate the coat of arms of the Calvert family in their designs, due to the design being featured in the Maryland state flag, and the Calvert family's prominence in Maryland history.

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.

Mareen Duvall

He received a patent from the first proprietors of the Maryland Colony, the Calvert family on that day for La Val, named after his family's estate in the County of Laval, an independent county created in the 15th century in the County of Maine, on the south side the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.


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Francis Brerewood

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.