Edward Hyde (Governor of North Carolina)

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This article is about the first Governor of North Carolina. For other people named Edward Hyde, see Edward Hyde (disambiguation).

Thomas Cary (as Deputy Governor of North Carolina)
Succeeded byThomas Pollock (acting)
Personal details
Born1667
Cheshire, England
Died8 September 1712 (aged 45)
Chowan Precinct
(present-day Bertie County),
North Carolina
Cause of deathYellow fever
Spouse
Catherine Hyde
​
(m. 1692)​
Children4
Oxford University

(dropped out)

Edward Hyde (1667 – 8 September 1712) was a British colonial administrator who served as the first

governor of North Carolina from 24 January until 8 September in 1712, when he died in office.[1] He governed during a time of tremendous turmoil, including an internal revolt known as Cary's Rebellion and an American Indian conflict called the Tuscarora War
.

Early life and career

Hyde was born in 1667 to a prominent family in

Oxford University in 1683, but he did not complete a degree. In 1692, he married Catherine Rigby, whose family was prominent in Cheshire. Virginian William Byrd described her in his diary as "an abundance of life".[2] In 1702 Hyde was appointed by Queen Anne as Jamaica’s provost marshal
. Hyde served in that position without ever travelling to the Caribbean but did not find it to be lucrative.

Governor of North Carolina

See also: Cary's Rebellion and Tuscarora War

Though the territory between the Virginia border and the Cape Fear River was officially recognized as "north" Carolina as early as 1689, that territory and all of what would become South Carolina was collectively known as the Province of Carolina for the first few decades of settlement, with the royal governor maintaining his residence at Charleston. A deputy governor was appointed for the northern part of the province – until the meeting at which Hyde was appointed. When he arrived in Virginia, he learned that Governor Edward Tynte, who was appointed Governor of Carolina in 1708 and from whom he was to receive his commission, had died. Hyde proceeded to North Carolina without his commission, where he found dissension about to erupt in violence.

Thomas Cary was appointed Deputy Governor of North Carolina, with responsibility for northern Carolina. While he was in the southern portion of the Colony in 1706–1708, William Glover as President of the Council was acting Deputy Governor. Meanwhile, a petition had been presented to the Lords Proprietors in London by disgruntled Carolina settlers and Cary was ordered removed as Deputy Governor and the Council elected Glover as Deputy Governor. There had long been a large population of

Alexander Spottswood sent a militia into Carolina. A company of royal marines from the guardships in the Chesapeake Bay arrived to aid Hyde in July 1711. Cary's forces laid down their arms and submitted to Hyde.[3]

Death

Hyde died of yellow fever on 8 September 1712 in Chowan Precinct (present-day Bertie County), North Carolina.

Personal life

The Hydes had a number of children but only one daughter, Anne Hyde survived them. She married George Clarke who served as acting Governor of New York.

Honors

Hyde Precinct (present-day Hyde County), North Carolina, was named after him.[4]

References

  1. OL 17685108M. Retrieved 24 December 2017 – via Internet Archive
    . On the 24th of January, 1712, was commissioned the first Governor of North Carolina separate and distinct from South Carolina.
  2. ^ Byrd, William. The secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. Research library of colonial Americana. New York: Arno Press, 1972.
  3. ^ Herbert R. Paschal, Jr., A History of Colonial Bath (Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, 1955).
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 164.

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Preceded by
Governor of North Carolina

1712 		Succeeded by
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