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Charles Goldsborough

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Charles Goldsborough

16th Governor of Maryland


Who was Charles Goldsborough?

Charles Goldsborough was the 16th Governor of Maryland. He started his career as a lawyer before pursuing politics. His political career included terms in the Maryland House of Delegates, Maryland State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives from Maryland’s 8th Congressional district. Charles Goldsborough was also elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society, America’s oldest historical society with a national focus.

Famous Kin

Charles Goldsborough has a number of fellow state governors in his family tree including Phillips Lee Goldsborough (47th Maryland Governor), Philip Francis Thomas (28th Maryland Governor), Edward Lloyd V (13th Maryland Governor), Henry Lloyd (40th Maryland Governor), and Fitzhugh Lee (40th Virginia Governor). He has kinship to the current royal family through the late Princess Diana, and his U.S. Presidential kin include John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Charles Goldsborough’s celebrity kin include socialite and TV personality Paris Hilton, actor Humphrey Bogart, actress Katharine Hepburn, singer and songwriter Grace Slick, chef and TV personality Julia Child, actress Lee Remick, actor Alec Baldwin, actress Paget Brewster, actress Jordana Brewster, actor Ted Danson, and a number of others. Some of his other notable kin include Confederate General James Longstreet, author Stephen Crane, evolutionist Charles Darwin, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, and author Louisa May Alcott.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Charles Goldsborough

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 1 time removed
via Isabella de Beauchamp

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Richard de Clare

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

15th cousin 2 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

11th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Endicott Peabody

62nd Governor of Massachusetts

10th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Thomas Throckmorton

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Porter Goss

1st Director of the C.I.A.
19th and last Dir. of Central Intelligence

13th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir Richard Fitzalan

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Alec Baldwin

Television and Movie Actor

12th cousin 6 times removed
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

20th cousin
via Hugh de Kevelioc

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

20th cousin 1 time removed
via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

11th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Alfred Ely Beach

Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

15th cousin 4 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Rear Admiral Philip H. Cooper

United States Navy

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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Mark Gordon

33rd Governor of Wyoming

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Humphrey de Bohun

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Raquel Welch

Movie Actress

11th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Billie Eilish

Singer and Songwriter

11th cousin 7 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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John Torrey

Co-founder, NY Academy of Science

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir John Throckmorton

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

16th cousin 5 times removed
via Edward I, King of England

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

15th cousin 4 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun

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