Background
He was the only son of Walter Calverley of Calverley, Yorkshire, and Frances Thompson, daughter and heiress of Henry Thompson of Esholt, Yorkshire.
He was the only son of Walter Calverley of Calverley, Yorkshire, and Frances Thompson, daughter and heiress of Henry Thompson of Esholt, Yorkshire.
He was baptised on 16 January 1670 at Calverley, and matriculated at Queen"s College, Oxford, on 30 June 1687, aged 17. In about 1709, he completed the building of a new house at Esholt Hall, Esholt. He was created a baronet on 11 December 1711.