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Cecil (Cecilius) Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore
(1605-1675)

Cecil Calvert was still a young man of 26 years when his father Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, died. When his father died, he became the Second Baron of Baltimore.

He also inherited the colonies and lands owned by his father. King Charles I approved a request from George Calvert to establish a colony called the Province of Maryland (�Terra Mariae�) in 1635.

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But the Calvert family received the Charter of Maryland after George Calvert died. Now it was up to Cecil to establish and govern the new colony. Cecil was well educated, but he did not have his father�s years of experience at governing colonies.

No one knew what kind of leader Cecil might turn out to be when the King named him Lord Proprietor of Maryland.

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But Cecil was a wise leader. He invited sons of Catholic and Protestant families to sail to Maryland and establish the new colony. Each of these men brought their wives, children and servants with them to