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Edward Hyde (governor)

c. 1667–1712 · 17th century

Edward Hyde was an English colonial official, a cousin of Queen Anne, who went to Carolina as deputy governor and in 1712 became the first governor of a separate Province of North Carolina. His brief rule was dominated by Cary's Rebellion and the Tuscarora War. He died of yellow fever in September 1712.

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