Editing Leonard Calvert (section)

==Colonisation of Newfoundland==
In 1625, when Calvert's father was created Lord Baltimore and received [[letters patent]] for the creation of a [[Province of Avalon]] in the island of [[Province of Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] from [[James I of England]], he relocated part of his newly converted [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] family to Newfoundland.

Leonard Calvert accompanied his father to the new colony of Newfoundland in 1628. The colony ultimately failed due to disease, extreme cold, and attacks by the French, and the family returned to England. After a few years, Baltimore declared Avalon a failure and traveled to the [[Colony of Virginia]], where he found the climate much more suitable and temperate, but was met with an unwelcome reception from the Virginians' government and ruling class.<ref name=sparky/>