Leonard Calvert

The Honourable Leonard Calvert
Portrait by Jacob van Oost or his son, Jacob van Oost the Younger, c. 1640.
1st Proprietary-Governor of Maryland
In office 1634–1647
Preceded by	Inaugural holder
Succeeded by	Th s Greene
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Born	1606 (1606) England
Died	June 9, 1647(1647-06-09) (aged 40–41) Maryland Colony
Children	William[1] Anne
Parent(s)	George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (father) and Anne Mynne (mother)
Occupation	placeman, planter
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Leonard Calvert (1606 – June 9, 1647) was the first proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland.^[2] He was the second son of The 1st Baron Baltimore (1579–1632), the first proprietor of Maryland. His younger brother Cecil (1605–1675), who inherited the colony and the title upon the death of their father George, April 15, 1632, appointed Leonard as governor of the Colony in his absence.