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Interesting Maryland Colony Facts: The Maryland Colony's original name was the Province of Maryland. The Maryland Colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics. Although the charter had been originally issued to George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, he died before it was formally executed and his son Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was granted the charter.
1 Maryland was named in honour of Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I, by a grateful Cecilius (Cecil) Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, who was granted a charter for the land in 1632. Annapolis, the state capital, lies on Chesapeake Bay, roughly equidistant from Baltimore (north) and Washington, D.C.