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Charles Carroll (born Sept. 19, 1737, Annapolis, Md. [U.S.]—died Nov. 14, 1832, Baltimore, Md., U.S.) was an American patriot leader, the longest- surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the only Roman Catholic to sign that document. Until 1765 Carroll attended Jesuit colleges in Maryland and France and studied law in France ...
Charles Carroll (19. září 1737, Maryland – 14. listopadu 1832, Maryland), celým jménem Charles Carroll of Carrollton nebo Charles Carroll III., aby se jménem odlišil od svých příbuzných, byl bohatým zakladatelem Marylandu a zastáncem nezávislosti na Království Velké Británie a jeden ze signatářů americké deklarace nezávislosti.
In1775, Carroll was appointed to the Committee for Public Safety. This made him the first Catholic official in Maryland since his grandfather, Charles Carroll the Settler, was deposed from his position as the Maryland colony’s Attorney General in 1715. On July 4th, 1776, Carroll was elected to represent Maryland at the Continental Congress.
Charles Carroll wurde in Los Angeles als Sohn einer katholischen Familie geboren und ist schottisch-irischer Abstammung. Er wuchs in Manhattan Beach auf und besuchte die Junipero Serra High School. Nach dem Abschluss schloss er 1974 die Loyola Marymount University mit einem Bachelor in Theater ab. Anschließend begann er seine ...
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The first Charles Carroll arrived in America in 1688 at the insistence of his father and the proprietor of the Maryland colony, Lord Baltimore. The Carrolls, as Catholics, faced persecution in England under the reforms of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Maryland was founded under the idea of religious toleration and was “owned” by a ...
In 1826, Charles Carroll of Carrollton became the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence with the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4th. Two years later at the age of 91, Carroll laid the cornerstone for the B&O Railroad. He died at age 95 year on November 14, 1832, at the Caton home.
