The then chief member of whom, Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, (1605-1675), founded the colony Province of Maryland in 1634, and planned / arranged for its settlement, sending his younger brother Leonard Calvert, (1606-1647), with the first expedition as colonial proprietary governor, carrying forward the original grant and charter made first to his father, George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, (1579-1632), by his friend King Charles I (1600-1649)/[reigned 1625-1649], in 1632, before his untimely early death that year. The English monarch who also bestowed on him for his services to the Crown as Secretary of State, the title of nobility for a town in Ireland, also named Baltimore.
The former head of whom, Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, (1605-1675), established the colony Province of Maryland in 1634 and arranged its settlement by sending his younger brother Leonard Calvert, (1606-1647), with the first expedition as colonial proprietary governor. He carried forward the original grant and charter given to his father, George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, (1579-1632), by King Charles I (1600-1649)/[reigned 1625-1649], in 1632 before the king's untimely death that year. The monarch who also granted him a title of nobility for a town in Ireland, named Baltimore, for his services to the Crown as Secretary of State.