George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore

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English peer and politician (1580-1632)

PoliticiansLived 1579 to 1632 · aged 53

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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.

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James I, painted by Daniël Mijtens in 1621. James made Calvert the first Baron Baltimore in 1625, in recognition of his services to the Crown.

Sketch of Sir George Calvert, c. 1620

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SpouseAnne Mynne

MotherAlice Crossland

ChildCecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Politicians born in the 1570s 6

Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham50.0

Prince Daniyal49.4

Giorgi Saakadze51.0

Countess Elisabeth of Nassau48.6

Sigismund Báthory51.9 Johannes Junius48.2

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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. Rather than continue in politics, he resigned all of his political offices in 1625 except for his position on the Privy Council and declared his Catholicism publicly. He was created Baron Baltimore in the Peerage of Ireland upon his resignation. Baltimore Manor was located in County Longford, Ireland.