Lord Baltimore.


This story I read taught me about diligence and determination. And how, Cecilius Calvert and his fearless crew went on to journey to the new land and never gave up. Which makes me realize, if I have a lot of determination I can make myself do better in school?

Cecilius Calvert was born in Kent, England on August 8, 1605, and it was on this day that the second Lord Baltimore had been born. His father Sir George Calvert, and his mother lady Anne Mynne, they were a Roman Catholic family. In his early life, as Cecilius started college at Oxford University, He entered Trinity College and was admitted to Gray’s inn. Cecilius married Anne Arundell Daughter of the 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour. They had nine children, but only three of them made it to adulthood including Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore.



Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic, struggled to maintain possession of Maryland
The English civil war by trying to convince parliament of his loyalty by Choosing a
Protestant, William Stone, as his governor. Baltimore lost control of the colony for a brief
Period however, due to Puritan pressure during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. He regained
the colony in 1657, after signing a treaty with Virginia governor Richard Bennett. His son Charles Calvert took over power when Cecilius died on November 30, 1675 at 70.