Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury banks", pinpointing the banks' sense of grievance on their finding it "very, very difficult to face up to the failure of their banking model". With King's term as governor ending in 2013, top UK banks have warned that unless a less "hostile" figure is found as a successor, they may feel it necessary to move abroad. On 26 November 2012, Mark Carney was named as King's successor. King had faced accusations of refusing funding to the Northern Rock Bank, precipitating a run on that bank, a situation not seen in the UK since 1914. King later said that it had
Edward Hyde (Governor of North-Carolina) Edward Hyde (Governor of North-Carolina) Edward Hyde (1667 – 8 September 1712) was a British colonial official who served as the first Governor of North-Carolina from 24 January 1712 until his death. He governed during a time of tremendous turmoil, including an internal revolt known as Cary's Rebellion and an American indian uprising called the Tuscarora War. Hyde was born in 1667 to a prominent family in England and was a cousin of Anne Hyde, the first wife of King James II of England. He was a son of Robert Hyde and his wife Phillis Snyed of Cheshire in England.