Anne Calvert, Baroness Baltimore (née Hon. Anne Arundell) (1615 or c. 1616 – July 23, 1649) was an English

England

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 noblewoman, daughter of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour

Sir Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour was the eldest son of Sir Matthew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire , and Margaret Willoughby, the daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire...

 by second wife Anne Philipson, and wife of Lord Baltimore

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, 1st Proprietor and 1st Proprietary Governor of Maryland, 9th Proprietary Governor of Newfoundland , was an English peer who was the first proprietor of the Province of Maryland. He received the proprietorship after the death of his father, George Calvert, the...

, who founded the Province of Maryland

Province of Maryland

The Province of Maryland was an English and later British colony in North America that existed from 1632 until 1776, when it joined the other twelve of the Thirteen Colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S...

 colony. Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...

 in Maryland

Maryland

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, USA

United States

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, was named for her. (The USS Anne Arundel

USS Anne Arundel (AP-76)

USS Anne Arundel was an American transport ship that was built in 1940 and scrapped in 1970. Originally laid down as the Mormacyork, she was later named after Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Annapolis is the county seat there, the state capital, and also the home of the Naval Academy...

 was in turn named after the county.)

She married Lord Baltimore in 1628 at age 13. A settlement for the marriage between them was made on 20 March 1627/28.

According to Gibbs, she is said to have been a most beautiful and accomplished woman.

Of her nine children with Lord Baltimore, only three survived to adulthood.

• Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
  Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
  Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, 2nd Proprietor and 6th and 9th Proprietary Governor of Maryland , inherited the colony in 1675 upon the death of his father, Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. He had been his father's Deputy Governor since 1661 when he arrived in the colony at the age of 24...
  
  
• Hon. Cecil Calvert.
• Hon. George Calvert (b. 15 Sep 1634, d. Jun 1636)
• Hon. Georgiana Calvert (b. Aug 1629)
• Hon. Mary Calvert (b. 18 Jul 1630)
• Hon. Anne Calvert (b. 9 Oct 1636; d. 6 May 1661)
• Hon. Mary Calvert (b. 30 Nov 1638; d. on or bef. 24 Sep 1671)
• Hon. Elizabeth Calvert (b. c. 1642; d. 16 Jan 1712)
• Hon. Frances Calvert.

She was buried at Tisbury

Tisbury

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, Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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.

See also

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Anne Arundel County, Maryland
  Anne Arundel County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is named for Anne Arundell , a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, England and the wife of Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Its county seat is Annapolis, which is also the capital of the state...
  
  , USA
• USS Anne Arundel (AP-76)
  USS Anne Arundel (AP-76)
  USS Anne Arundel was an American transport ship that was built in 1940 and scrapped in 1970. Originally laid down as the Mormacyork, she was later named after Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Annapolis is the county seat there, the state capital, and also the home of the Naval Academy...