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George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
(1579 – 15 April 1631) was an
English
politician
and
colonizer
. 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 Irish peerage upon his resignation. Baltimore Manor was located in
County Longford
,
Ireland
.
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