Henry Darnall

Colonel Henry Darnall was an Irish-born planter, militia officer and politician who served as the chancellor of Maryland from 1683 to 1689. He was also appointed as the proprietary agent for Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore and also briefly served as deputy governor of Maryland. During the 1689 Protestant Revolution, his proprietarial army was defeated by Protestant rebels led by John Coode, and Darnall was stripped of his numerous colonial offices as a result. He died in 1711, leaving the bulk of his substantial estates to his son, Henry Darnall II.