List of colonial governors of Maryland
Colonial period
This list only includes legally appointed Governors, and excludes those who, during brief periods of rebellion, claimed themselves as Governors of the colony.

List of colonial governors of Maryland

Section Title: Colonial period
Table Section Text: This list only includes legally appointed Governors, and excludes those who, during brief periods of rebellion, claimed themselves as Governors of the colony.

Number	Name	Picture	Took Office	Left Office

Proprietary Governors

1	The Hon. Leonard Calvert	LCalvert	1634	1647

2	Thomas Greene	1647	1649

3	William Stone	Stone	1649	1656

4	Lieutenant-General Josias Fendall	1657	1660

5	The Hon. Phillip Calvert	1660	1660

6	Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore	CCalvert	1661	1676

7	Jesse Wharton	1676	1676

8	Thomas Notley	1676	1679

9	Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore	CCalvert	1679	1684

10	Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore	-	1684	1688

11	William Joseph	1688	1689

Leaders of the Protestant Associators

1	John Coode	1689	1690

2	Nehemiah Blakiston	1691	1692

Royal Governors

1	Sir Lionel Copley	1692	1693

2	Sir Thomas Lawrence	1693	1694

3	Sir Edmund Andros	Andros	1693	1693

4	Colonel Nicholas Greenberry	1693	1694

5	Sir Edmund Andros	Andros	1694	1694

6	Sir Thomas Lawrence	1694	1694

7	Francis Nicholson	Nicholson	1694	1699

8	Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston	1699	1702

9	Thomas Tench	1702	1704

10	Colonel John Seymour	1704	1709

11	Major General Edward Lloyd	1709	1714

12	John Hart	1714	1715

Governors of Restored Proprietary Government

1	John Hart	1715	1720

2	Colonel Thomas Brooke, Jr.	1720	1720

3	Captain Charles Calvert	-	1720	1727

4	The Hon. Benedict Leonard Calvert	-	1727	1731

5	Samuel Ogle	SamOgle	1731	1732

6	Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore	CCalvert5	1732	1733

7	Samuel Ogle	SamOgle	1733	1742

8	Sir Thomas Bladen	1742	1746/47

9	Samuel Ogle	SamOgle	1746/47	1752

10	Benjamin Tasker	1752	1753

11	Horatio Sharpe	Sharpe	1753	1769

12	Sir Robert Eden, 1st Baronet, of Maryland	Eden	1769	1776

Sentence(s)

Horatio Sharpe was the 22nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland, beginning in 1753, under the restored proprietary government of Maryland.

final_sentence: Horatio Sharpe was the 22nd Proprietary Governor of Maryland, beginning in 1753, under the restored proprietary government of Maryland.