Horatio Sharpe

Horatio Sharpe (1718 – 1790) was the 22nd proprietary governor of Maryland from 1753 to 1768 under the restored proprietary government of Maryland.

Horatio Sharpe was born in England in 1718 to parents William Sharpe and Margaret Beake, of Beak Street, Picadilly and Elstree in Hertfordshire. He was one of sixteen children, of whom nine brothers and four sisters survived their father, William Sharpe, Sr.  – Sharpe's older brothers were William, John, Nicholas, Joshua, Thomas, Charles, Gregory, and Philip Sharpe. His four sisters were Mary, Elizabeth, Gulielma-Maria and Anne. His brother Gregory Sharpe (1713–1771) was appointed Master of the Temple in 1763 and was chaplain to George III. His brother William Sharpe of Brocklee Hill, Elstree in Hertfordshire (b. abt 1696-d. 1767) was Clerk of the Council. His brother John Sharpe Esq. of Lincoln's Inn (abt 1700-1756) was Solicitor to the Treasury.

He was commissioned in the King's forces in 1745 as a Captain and fought in the Jacobite rebellion against the Scots. He served with the 20th Regiment of Foot and the Marines. Later he is found in the West Indies as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He served until his appointment by Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore as the proprietary Maryland colonial governor. (Following Samuel Ogle, who had died.) Horatio Sharpe was the brother of Lord Baltimore's guardian (William). He arrived in Maryland in August 1753.

Appointed by the King in 1754 as the Royal Commander in Chief of all British Forces and commander of colonial forces for the protection of Virginia and adjoining Colonies, Sharpe was superseded by the arrival Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock in 1755. Prior to Sharpe's service, Colonel James Innes had commanded all provincial soldiers.

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