Maj. Charles Alexander Warfield (1751-1813)
M.D., of "Bushy Park" President of the Board of Regents, University of Maryland
He was educated the University of Pennsylvania, founded the Whig Club, and became a member of the Sons of Liberty. In 1774, mounting his trooper, he led his neighbors to Annapolis, drawing them in line before the Peggy Stewart house. He called out to Mr. Anthony Stewart to accept one of two propositions: "You must either go with me and apply the torch to your own vessel, or hang before your own door." During the Revolution, he served as a Major in the Elk Ridge Battalion, Anne Arundel County Militia. In 1773, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Major Henry Ridgely, whose dower was 1,300-acres on which they built their home "Bushy Park." They had 7-children.
