Charlotte Hall Military Academy, located at Charlotte Hall, Maryland, was established as Charlotte Hall School in 1774 by Queen Charlotte 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 Maryland State Department of Education. 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 Roger B. Taney (1777–1864) Supreme Court Justice, George Plater (1735–1792) Governor of Maryland, James Thomas (1785–1845) Governor of Maryland and

Joseph Kent Joseph Kent (January 14, 1779November 24, 1837), a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837. He also served in the House of Representatives, serving the second district of Maryland from 1811 to ...

(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 Charlotte Hall Historic District is a national historic district in Charlotte Hall, St. Mary's County, Maryland. It encompasses a small village along "Old Route 5." It includes 13 recorded buildings and sites of historic and/or architectural in ...

. It is operated as the

Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous ...

, a program of the

Maryland State Department of Veterans Affairs Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to it ...

Notable alumni

* Edward Bates (1793–1869), United States Attorney General under Abraham LincolnCHMA Alumni
* Robert Bowie (1750–1818), Governor of Maryland * John Buchanan (1772–1844) Chief Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals * León Febres Cordero (1931–2008), President of Ecuador * Barnes Compton (1830–1896), congressman and Treasurer from Maryland. * J. Wilmer Cronin (1896–1982), politician and lawyer from Maryland *

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(1806–1855), congressman from Georgia * David Herold (1842–1865), One of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators *

Daniel Jenifer Daniel Jenifer (April 15, 1791 – December 18, 1855) was an American lawyer and statesman from Charles County, Maryland. He was also the nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer. He graduated from Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He represented ...

(1791–1855), congressman from Maryland and U.S. Minister to the Austrian Empire * John Thomson Mason (1787–1850) * John T. McKinney (1785–1837), Justice of the

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Linda C. Gugin, James E. St. Clair, ''Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court'' (2010), p. 21. *

Thomas Parran Sr. Thomas Parran (February 12, 1860 – March 29, 1955) was an American politician. Born near St. Leonard, Maryland, Parran attended the public schools and Charlotte Hall Military Academy. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates fr ...

(1860–1955), Maryland congressman, State Delegate and State senator * Thomas Parran,

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from 1936 to 1948 *

William B. Rochester William Beatty Rochester (January 29, 1789 Hagerstown, Maryland – June 14, 1838) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Early life Rochester was the first child of Col. Nathaniel Rochester (1752–1831), founder of the City of R ...

(1789–1838) * Admiral Raphael Semmes (1809–1877), captain CSS ''Alabama'' * John Stuart Skinner (1788-1851), lawyer, publisher, and editor. Associated with

Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland, who wrote the lyrics for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Key observed the British bombardment ...

. *

Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Enzio Stallone (; born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, ) is an American actor and filmmaker. After his beginnings as a struggling actor for a number of years upon arriving to New York City in 1969 and later Hollywood in 1974, h ...

(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 * James Thomas (1785–1845), Governor of Maryland *

Richard Thomas (Zarvona) Richard Thomas Zarvona (October 27, 1833 – March 17, 1875), born Richard Thomas Jr., was an American adventurer, soldier, and a Confederate Army officer who became known as "the French lady" after he disguised himself as a woman to seize a p ...

(1833–1875) *

George Watterston George Watterston (October 23, 1783 – February 4, 1854) was the third Librarian of the United States Congress from 1815 to 1829. Early life and education Watterston, the son of a builder from Jedburgh, Scotland, was born on board a ship in N ...

(1783–1854), first

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* John F. Wood Jr. (born 1936), member Maryland House of Delegates

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