George Calvert
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore was an English politician. He achieved domestic political success as a member of parliament and later Secretary of State under King James I. He lost much of his political power after his support for a failed marriage alliance between Prince Charles and the Spanish House of Habsburg royal family.
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- Born in
- Kiplin
- Educated at
- Trinity College
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"I intend shortly, God willing, a journey for Newfoundland to visit a plantation which I began there some few years since."
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1580
Born
Birth1632
Died
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- father:
- Charles Calvert
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