Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at

Charlotte Hall, Maryland Charlotte Hall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles and St. Mary's counties, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,420 at the 2010 census. The Maryland Veterans Home for disabled veterans, including a U.S. Veterans Affairs clinic ...

, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by

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to provide for the liberal and pious education of youth to better fit them for the discharge of their duties for the British Empire. It was fully accredited by the

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. The landed estate of the school embraced . The School was non-sectarian and of high moral tone. There were many illustrious graduates, persons of all major professions, clergy and congressmen. Trustees of the academy, formerly known as Charlotte Hall School, included

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(1777–1864) Supreme Court Justice,

George Plater George Plater III (November 8, 1735 – February 10, 1792) was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Saint Mary's County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1780, and briefly served as the sixth ...

(1735–1792) Governor of Maryland, James Thomas (1785–1845) Governor of Maryland and Joseph Kent (1779–1837) Governor of Maryland. The School closed its doors in 1976 because of increasing financial problems. The property is now part of the Charlotte Hall Historic District. It is operated as the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home, a program of the Maryland State Department of Veterans Affairs.

Notable alumni

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(1793–1869),

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under

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CHMA Alumni
* Robert Bowie (1750–1818), Governor of Maryland * John Buchanan (1772–1844) Chief Justice of the

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(1931–2008), President of Ecuador *

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(1830–1896), congressman and Treasurer from Maryland. *

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(1896–1982), politician and lawyer from Maryland * William Barton Wade Dent (1806–1855), congressman from Georgia *

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(1842–1865), One of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators * Daniel Jenifer (1791–1855), congressman from Maryland and U.S. Minister to the

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* John T. McKinney (1785–1837), Justice of the Indiana Supreme CourtLinda C. Gugin, James E. St. Clair, ''Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court'' (2010), p. 21. * Thomas Parran Sr. (1860–1955), Maryland congressman, State Delegate and State senator * Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the United States from 1936 to 1948 * William B. Rochester (1789–1838) * Admiral

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(1809–1877), captain CSS ''Alabama'' *

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(1788-1851), lawyer, publisher, and editor. Associated with Francis Scott Key. * Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), attended in 1961 * Owsley Stanley (1935–2011), Underground LSD cook, sound man and financier for the Grateful Dead *Byron Rimbey Toothman II (born 1950), Mayor Pro Tempore of Barnesfield Subdivision, North Carolina *

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(1785–1845), Governor of Maryland * Richard Thomas (Zarvona) (1833–1875) * George Watterston (1783–1854), first Librarian of Congress * John F. Wood Jr. (born 1936), member

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References

External links

Charlotte Hall School MarkerHistory of Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
* * {{Authority control Buildings and structures in St. Mary's County, Maryland Defunct United States military academies 1774 establishments in Maryland Charlotte Hall Military Academy alumni Educational institutions disestablished in 1976 Defunct schools in Maryland Veterans' homes