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Authorised form of nameCalvert; Charles (1699 - 1751); 5th Baron Baltimore
Dates1699 - 1751
Date of birth29 September 1699
Date of death24 April 1751
ActivityCareer:
Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Prince of Wales (1731-1747); Cofferer of Household to Prince of Wales (1747-1751); proprietary Governor of the American state of Maryland (1732-3); Member of Parliament for St Germans (1734-1741) and Surrey (1741-1751); Lord of Admiralty (1742-1744); Elder Brother, Trinity House (1744-1751); Surveyor General, Duchy of Cornwall (1747-1751).
Freemason, initiated in Lodge No 65, formed at St Rook's [or Roche or St Roche's or St Rocque's] Hill, Chichester
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/12/1731
RelationshipsSucceeded by his only son and heir, Frederick Calvert (1732-1771) FRS as 6th and last Lord Baltimore (1751)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010, page 15
CodeNA181
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