The Lady Baltimore | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
c. 1615/1616 Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Kingdom of England |
Died | 23 July 1649 (aged 32–34) Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England |
Spouse | Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605-1675) |
Children | 9, including title heir, Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore |
Parent(s) |
Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour Anne Philipson, |
Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (née Hon. Anne Arundell; c. 1615/1616 [1] – 23 July 1649) [1] was an English noblewoman, the daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour [2] by his second wife Anne Philipson, [3] and wife of Lord Baltimore, who founded the Province of Maryland in 1632 // 1634, (third English / British colony of the Thirteen Colonies of the British Empire), namesake of Anne Arundel County in the U.S. state of Maryland. In addition, a United States Navy transport ship USS Anne Arundel (AP-76), an Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport was in turn named after the Maryland county, serving three decades in the American Navy, from 1940 to 1970.
She was also the mother of 9 children, including of Charles Calvert, the young heir to the title and future third Baron Baltimore, / Lord Baltimore, and Lord Proprietor of the Province of Maryland, before she died at the early age of 32-34 years.
She married Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore. A settlement arrangement for the union was made on 20 March 1627/28. [1] [3] According to Gibbs, she is said to have been a most beautiful and accomplished woman. [1] The marriage coincided with the groom's father Sir George Calvert, first Lord Baltimore, (1578-1632) embarking on his first colonial endeavor in Avalon, located in Newfoundland (of future eastern Canada). Following the failure of the Avalon Colony, Cecil Calvert oversaw a second colonial enterprise in 1633, this time aimed at the Chesapeake Bay area, north of the colony of Virginia. The new colony was named " Maryland" after Henrietta Maria, the French-born consort of King Charles I. Anne Arundel County, Maryland was named after her.
Four of the couple's nine children survived to adulthood. [4]
Lady Baltimore was buried at the St. John's Parish church in Tisbury, Wiltshire in England. [1]