Edward Hyde (1667 – 8 September 1712) was the first colonial governor of the separate colony of North Carolina from 1711 until his death in 1712. He governed during a time of great turmoil in the colony including a revolt by the former governor known as Cary’s Rebellion and a Native American uprising called the Tuscarora War.
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