For the Northern Irish politician, see Arthur Frederick Dobbs. For the New Zealand public servant, see Ned Dobbs.
British Army officer and colonial administrator
His Excellency
Arthur Dobbs
Arthur Dobbs, c. 1753
Governor of North Carolina
In office November 1, 1754 – October 27, 1764
Monarchs
George II
George III
Preceded by
Matthew Rowan (acting)
Succeeded by
William Tryon
Personal details
Born
(1689-04-02)April 2, 1689 Girvan, Ayrshire
Died
March 28, 1765(1765-03-28) (aged 75) Brunswick Town, North Carolina
Resting place
St. Philip's Church, Brunswick Town 34°02′28.6″N77°56′48.0″W / 34.041278°N 77.946667°W / 34.041278; -77.946667
Spouse
Anne Dobbs
Children
4
Military service
Allegiance
Great Britain
Branch
British Army
Years of service
1711–1712
Rank
Cornet
Unit
Echlin's Dragoons
Arthur Dobbs (2 April 1689 – 28 March 1765) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of North Carolina from 1754 to 1764.
ArthurDobbs (2 April 1689 – 28 March 1765) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of North Carolina from 1754...
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architect John Hawks, in early October to find that the previous governor, ArthurDobbs, had not left. He said that he would not be leaving until May. Tryon...
Arthur Frederick Dobbs (31 March 1876 – 16 February 1955) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born at Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, Dobbs studied...
grand-nephew of North Carolina Governor ArthurDobbs. Orphaned at the age of eight, he was sent to live with his Dobbs relatives at Carrickfergus in Northern...
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England and Wales. Linda Penelope Dobbs was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Arthur Ernest Dobbs, and his wife, Loyda Dobbs (née Johnson). Loyda Johnson...
by that epidemic, and in fact it killed just around 1,000 warriors. ArthurDobbs estimated the Cherokee warrior strength in 1755 at 2,590 (but W. Douglas...
Hunter, but he was unable to serve in the Battle of Alamance. Governor ArthurDobbs, who wrote such popular works as Trade and Improvement of H'elend and...
formerly a captain of Hudson's Bay Company ships, commanded HMS Discovery. ArthurDobbs, a member of the Irish House of Commons played an influential role in...
[citation needed] A 1772 proclamation by the governor of North Carolina, ArthurDobbs — derived from a report by his agent, Colonel Rutherford, head of a Bladen...
Clougherny and Lisburn, and his wife Mary Young of Lisnane, and nephew of ArthurDobbs, the governor of North Carolina. He was born on 27 April 1750, and took...
1754 Monarch George II Preceded by Nathaniel Rice (acting) Succeeded by ArthurDobbs Personal details Born County Antrim, Ireland Died April 1760 Nationality...
(1731–1734) Sir Richard Everard (1725–1731) Gabriel Johnston (1734–1752) ArthurDobbs (1754–1764) William Tryon (1764–1771) Josiah Martin (1771–1776) The last...
short-lived English periodical called Memoirs for the Curious. In 1744 ArthurDobbs revived it in An Account of the Countries Adjoining Hudson's Bay. In...
Fairfax (aged 15), daughter of Colonel William Fairfax, in July 1743. ArthurDobbs (aged 73) married Justina Davis (aged 15) in 1762. Martha Jefferson (aged...
(2006). "God, Greed, and Genocide: The Holocaust Through the Centuries, by Arthur Grenke". Canadian Journal of History. 41 (1): 197–199. doi:10.3138/cjh.41...
allied with the French. The fort is named Fort Dobbs in honor of North Carolina Governor ArthurDobbs, who persuaded the North Carolina legislature to...
of United Kingdom investors, led by ArthurDobbs, commissioned a private Northwest Passage expedition of 1746. Dobbs had played a key role convincing the...
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