Maryland County Names Rooted in Seventeenth-Century English Politics

Anne Arundel--the wife of Cecelius (AKA Cecil) Calvert, second Baron Baltimore

Prince Georges--Prince George of Denmark, consort of Queen Anne (see below)

Charles--King Charles I

St. Mary's--the Virgin Mary, sacred to Catholics, and also the name-saint of King Charles' wife

Calvert--the founder's family name

Cecil--the founder's given name

Queen Anne's--a C18 ruler, the last of the Stuarts who descend from James I and Mary, Queen of Scots, all sympathetic to Catholic causes, at least covertly

Somerset--Lady Mary Somerset, sister-in-law of Cecelius (AKA Cecil) Calvert, second Baron Baltimore