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First Governor of Colonial Maryland, appointed in 1633.
King Charles I granted the Charter of Maryland on June 20, 1632, to
Cecilius Calvert, second Lord Baltimore and first Lord Proprietor of
Maryland. Lord Baltimore dispatched colonists to Maryland in two
vessels, the "Ark" and the "Dove". under the command of his brother,
Governor Calvert. On November 22, 1633, the ships sailed from Cowes,
Isle of Wight, England, and first landed at St. Clement's Island on March
25, 1634. Saint Mary's City is called the fourth permanent English
settlement in North America, established March 27, 1634. For the first
sixty years, the "tiny frontier village" was the capitol of the Province
of Maryland, Following that time, the Capitol was shifted to Annapolis.
Saint Mary's City fell into disrepair and ultimately disappeared. The
city site lies next to the grounds of the Sant Mary's College of Maryland.