proclaimed his succession 4 March 1675/6; removed permanently to England in
May, 1684; deprived of political control of the province in October, 1690.
By will of a kinswoman he inherited in 1692 the estate of Woodcote Park, at
Epsom, Surrey, which was thereafter the principal seat of the Barons Baltimore.
Of His Lordship's four wives we need mention only the first two, who had rela-
tives in Maryland. He married first, in 1656, Mary, daughter of Ralph Darnall
of Loughton, Herefordshire; and secondly, in 1666, Jane, daughter of Vincent
Lowe of Denby, Derbyshire, and widow of Col. Henry Sewall, Secretary of Mary-
land, by whom alone he had issue, and who died 19 Jan, 1700/1.

3. Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore and 3rd Proprietary,
b. 21 March 1678/9, d. 16 April 1715. In November, 1713 he "publicly renounced
the Romish errors," whereupon his father took from him an allowance of £450
a year. Queen Anne, however, granted him a pension of £300 and, at his
request, appointed Capt. John Hart Governor of Maryland. Hart In turn agreed
to pay him £500 a year out of the profits of this office. On succeeding to the
title Calvert at once petitioned the crown for restitution of the government in
Maryland, but he died before the transfer could be arranged.

4. Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore and 4th Proprietary, b. 29 Sept,
1699, d, 24 April 1751) restored to political control of Maryland in May, 1715;
proclaimed there, 27 Dec. 1715. As guardian he chose Francis North, 2nd Baron
Guilford, a Jacobite of debauched habits, whose example corrupted Baltimore's
character. Yet His Lordship, after attaining his majority, proved himself a
careful and a fairly successful administrator. By will he devised all of
Maryland to his only legitimate son, Frederick, with reversion, should Frederick

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