Benedict Leonard Calvert
Governor of Maryland
Died when: 31 years 254 days (380 months)Star Sign: Libra
Benedict Leonard Calvert (September 20, 1700 – June 1, 1732) was the 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1727 through 1731, appointed by his older brother, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore (1699–1751).
He was named after his father, Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore (1679–1715).Calvert had tuberculosis and died from it on board the family ship, The Charles, on 1 June 1732, while returning to his home in England, aged 31.
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