Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore

The Right Honourable The Lord Baltimore
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, c. 1740.
Lord of the Admiralty
In office 1742–1744
Succeeded by	Henry Bilson Legge
6th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government
In office 1732–1733
Preceded by	Samuel Ogle
Succeeded by	Samuel Ogle
Personal details
Born	29 September 1699 England[where?]
Died	24 April 1751(1751-04-24) (aged 51) England[where?]
Spouse	Mary Janssen
Children	Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore Caroline Eden Louisa Browning Benedict Swingate Calvert
Parent(s)	Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore Charlotte Lee, Lady Baltimore
Occupation	politician

Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore, FRS (29 September 1699 – 24 April 1751) was an English politician and colonial administrator who served as the proprietary governor of the Province of Maryland. He inherited the title to Maryland aged just fifteen, on the death of his father and grandfather, when the colony was restored by the British monarchy to the Calvert family's control, following its seizure in 1688. In 1721 Charles came of age and assumed personal control of Maryland, travelling there briefly in 1732. For most of his life, he remained in England, where he pursued an active career in politics, rising to become Lord of the Admiralty from 1742 to 1744. He died in 1751 in England, aged 52.