Since he was just 5 years old at the time, this appointment was a purely honorary one, with the real work of governorship being carried out by his deputy, Henry Darnall.
Maryland Puritans, by now a substantial majority in the colony, revolted against the proprietary government, in part because of the apparent preferment of Catholics to official positions of power.
•
Darnall married Eleanor Hatton Brooke (1642–1725), the widow of Thomas Brooke, Sr..
Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII | Henry Kissinger | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Henry II of England | Henry II | Henry III of England | Henry IV of France | Henry IV | Henry | Henry Ford | Henry James | Henry VII of England | Henry III | Henry Moore | Henry Miller | Henry I of England | Henry Clay | Henry IV of England | Patrick Henry | Henry Mancini | Henry V | Henry David Thoreau | Joseph Henry Blackburne | Henry V of England | Henry VI of England | Henry VII | Henry II of France | Henry Fonda | John Henry Newman |