Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury in 1990 as a non-executive director, and became the chief economist in 1991. In 1998, he became a deputy governor of the bank and a member of the Group of Thirty. King was appointed as Governor of the Bank of England in 2003, succeeding Edward George. Most notably, he oversaw the bank during the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and the Great Recession. King retired from his office as governor in June 2013, and was succeeded by Mark Carney. He was appointed a life peer and entered the House of Lords as a crossbencher in July 2013. Since September 2014 he
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.