The A to Z tour continues at Kiplin Hall and Gardens
Welcome back to the A to Z of discoveries at Kiplin Hall, this week we find out that B is for. Baltimore, Lord Baltimore, and we dig back to the roots of Kiplin Hall, and its far-reaching connections around the globe IN March 1625, King James I rewarded George Calvert for his services as Secretary of State by creating the position Baron of Baltimore in County Longford, Ireland, making him the First Lord Baltimore. George owned lands in County Longford, and in 1619 purchased land at Kiplin in North Yorkshire, where he was born.