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Baron Baltimore
Baron Baltimore
, of Baltimore Manor in
County Longford
, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
. It was created in 1624 for
George Calvert
and became extinct on the death of the sixth Baron in 1771. The title was held by several members of the Calvert family who were proprietors of the
palatinates
Avalon
in
Newfoundland
and
Maryland
(later the
U.S. state
of
Maryland
). In the context of
United States history
, the name
Lord Baltimore
usually refers to
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
after whom the city of
Baltimore, Maryland
, is named. His younger brother
Leonard Calvert
was the first
Governor of Maryland
.
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