List of colonial governors of Maryland

Maryland began as a proprietary colony of the Catholic Calvert family, the Lords Baltimore under a royal charter, and its first eight governors were appointed by them. When the Catholic King of England, James II, was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution, the Calverts lost their charter and Maryland became a royal colony. It was governed briefly by local Protestants before the arrival of the first of 12 governors appointed directly by the English crown. The royal charter was restored to the Calverts in 1715 and governors were again appointed by the Calverts through the American Revolution.^[1]

Colonial period

This list includes appointed governors, including those briefly appointed by the Cromwellian government, but excludes those who claimed themselves as governors of the colony without a formal appointment from London.

Number	Name	Picture	Took office	Left office
Proprietary governors
1	Leonard Calvert		1634	1647
2	Thomas Greene		1647	1649
3	William Stone		1649	March 28, 1652
4	Rev. Robert Brook Sr.		March 29, 1652	July 3, 1652
5	William Stone		July 4, 1652	1656
6	Lieutenant-General Josias Fendall		1657	1660
7	Phillip Calvert		1660	1660
8	Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore		1661	1676
9	Jesse Wharton		1676	1676
10	Thomas Notley		1676	1679
11	Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore		1679	1684
12	Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore[2]		1684	1688
13	William Joseph		1688	1689
Leaders of the Protestant associators
1	John Coode		1689	1690
2	Nehemiah Blakiston		1691	1692
Royal governors
1	Sir Lionel Copley		1692	1693
2	Sir Thomas Lawrence		1693	1694
3	Sir Edmund Andros		1693	1693
4	Colonel Nicholas Greenberry		1693	1694
5	Sir Edmund Andros		1694	1694
6	Sir Thomas Lawrence		1694	1694
7	Francis Nicholson		1694	1699
8	Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston		1699	1702
9	Thomas Tench		1702	1704
10	Colonel John Seymour		1704	1709
11	Major General Edward Lloyd		1709	1714
12	John Hart		1714	1715
Governors of the restored proprietary government
1	John Hart		1715	1720
2	Colonel Thomas Brooke, Jr.		1720	1720
3	Captain Charles Calvert[3][4]		1720	1727
4	Benedict Leonard Calvert		1727	1731
5	Samuel Ogle		1731	1732
6	Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore		1732	1733
7	Samuel Ogle		1733	1742
8	Sir Thomas Bladen		1742	1746/47
9	Samuel Ogle		1746/47	1752
10	Benjamin Tasker		1752	1753
11	Horatio Sharpe		1753	1769
12	Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland		1769	1776

See also

• List of governors of Maryland

Notes

1. "Maryland Governor - Origin & Functions". Maryland Manual Online. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
2. While Benedict Leonard Calvert, son of the proprietor, was technically Governor from 1684–88, though he was only an infant at this time. The actual governance was done by the Governor's council.
3. Yentsch, Anne E, p.55, A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology, Cambridge University Press (1994) Retrieved Jan 2010
4. Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Greene, p.306, Maryland: A History of Its People Retrieved August 3, 2010