Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., Archives of Maryland, Historical List, new series, Vol. 1. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1990.

 

Secretaries, 1637-1776
Principal Secretaries, in Maryland
1637-1648	John Lewger	St. Mary's City
1648-1654	Thomas Hatton	St. Mary's County
1654-1656	William Durand	Anne Arundel County
1656-1660	Philip Calvert	St. Mary's City
1660-1661	Col. Henry Coursey	Kent County
1661-1665	Col. Henry Sewall	St. Mary's County
1665	Charles Calvert	St. Mary's City
1666-1667	Richard Boughton	Charles County
1667-1669	Charles Calvert	St. Mary's City
1669-1670	Col. William Calvert	St. Mary's City
1670-1673	William Talbot	St. Mary's City & Cartown, County Kildare, Ireland
1673	Charles Calvert	St. Mary's City
1673/74-1682	Col. William Calvert	St. Mary's City
1682/83-1684	Maj. Nicholas Sewall	St. Mary's County
1682/83-1684	John Darnall	Anne Arundel County
1684-1685	Maj. Nicholas Sewall	St. Mary's County
1685-1689	Maj. Nicholas Sewall	St. Mary's County
1685-1689	Col. William Digges	St. Mary's County
1692-1693	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Chelsea, Middlesex, England
1694-1698	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Chelsea, Middlesex, England
1698/99-1701	Thomas Lawrence, Jr.	Annapolis
1701	Col. William Bladen	Annapolis
1701-1705/06	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Principal Secretaries, in England
1705/06-1714	Sir Thomas Lawrence	Chelsea, Middlesex
1714-1715	Thomas Beake	London
1715-1729/30	Thomas Beake	London
1715-1729	Charles Lowe	Denby, Derbyshire
1729/30-1732/33	Thomas Beake	London
1729/30-1732/33	Cecilius Calvert	London
1732/33-1740/41	William Janssen	London
1740/41-1751	John Browning	Epsom, Surrey
1751-1765	Cecilius Calvert	London
1765-1776	Hugh Hamersley	London & Oxford
Deputy Secretaries, in Maryland
1671-1673	Robert Ridgely	St. Mary's City
1694-1696	Col. Thomas Brooke, II	Prince George's County
1705/06-1731/32	Col. Philemon Lloyd, II	Talbot County
1733-1753	Edmund Jennings	Annapolis
1754-1755	Col. George Plater, II	St. Mary's County
1755	Dr. George Steuart	Annapolis
1756-1760	Col. Benjamin Tasker, Jr.	Annapolis
1760-1761	John Ridout	Annapolis
1761-1776	Daniel Dulany, Jr.	Annapolis