North Carolina south of the Chowan River and east of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1655. By 1663, this northeastern area of the Province of Carolina, known as the Albemarle Settlements, was undergoing full-scale English settlement. During the same period, the English monarch Charles II gave the province to the Lords Proprietors, a group of noblemen who had helped restore Charles to the throne in 1660. The new province of "Carolina" was named in honor and memory of King Charles I (Latin: "Carolus"). In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. Except for the Earl Granville holdings, it became a royal colony
Dara Monarch the end of his racing career Dara Monarch was retired to become a breeding stallion at the Grangewilliam Stud in Ireland. He was exported to Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s and spent the rest of his life at the Napajedla Stud. He reportedly died in January 2005. The best of his early crops was Broken Hearted, who won the Lockinge Stakes and became a successful National Hunt stallion, siring the Grand National winner Numbersixvalverde. Dara Monarch Dara Monarch (11 March 1979 – January 2005) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1981 he showed very promising form in