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"George Calvert" redirects here. For other uses, see George Calvert (disambiguation).

English politician (1580–1632)

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore (; 1580 – 15 April 1632) was an English politician.

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.

Sir george calvert biography of mahatma gandhi

He was created Baron Baltimore in the Peerage of Ireland upon his resignation. Baltimore Manor was located in County Longford, Ireland.

Calvert took an interest in the British colonization of the Americas, at first for commercial reasons and later to create a refuge for persecuted Irish and English Catholics.