Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (8 August 1605 – 30 November 1675), was the first
Proprietor and
Proprietary Governor of the
Province of Maryland, and ninth Proprietary Governor of the
Colony of Newfoundland and the colony of
Avalon (in the southeast). His title was "Cecil Calvert, Second
Baron Baltimore, First Lord Proprietary, Earl Palatine of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon in America". He received the proprietorship after the death of his father,
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, (15 April 1632), for whom it had been intended. Cecil Calvert established and managed the
Province of Maryland from his home,
Kiplin Hall, in
North Yorkshire, England. As an English
Roman Catholic, he continued the legacy of his father by promoting religious tolerance in the colony.