appetites, which were considerable. By 1776 Maryland had been engulfed in the American Revolution and the Calverts would lose control over their proprietary colony for good. Charles Calvert's portrait, along with those of the other Barons Baltimore, still hangs today in the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, the city that bears his family name. The historian Thomas Carlyle described Calvert as "something of a fool, judging by the face of him in portraits, and by some of his doings in the world", though other historians have been kinder to his reputation. The official flag of the State of Maryland, uniquely among the fifty states, still bears the arms of the Barons Baltimore to this day. Charles County and Charles Street in Baltimore is named for Charles Calvert. See also Baron Baltimore List of colonial governors of Maryland Province of Maryland Notes References Andrews, Matthew Page, History of Maryland, Doubleday, New York (1929). Hoffman, Ronald, Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782 Retrieved 9 August 2010 Yentsch, Anne E, A Chesapeake Family and their Slaves: a Study in Historical Archaeology, Cambridge University Press (1994) Retrieved 30 Jan 2010 External links Calvert Family Tree Retrieved 10 Jul 2013 Charles Calvert at the Maryland State Archives Retrieved October 2010 Charles Calvert at www.aboutfamouspeople.com Retrieved September 2011 Lords of the Admiralty Barons Baltimore Fellows of the Royal Society Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore Colonial Governors of Maryland 1699 births 1751 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England