predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place profession birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
matthew rowan william tryon 28 march 1765 county antrim , ireland brunswick town , north carolina political , engineer and surveyor-general 2 april 1689 6th governor of the royal colony of north carolina 1753 anne arthurdobbs.jpg arthur dobbs
 1765 arthur dobbs
arthur dobbs

arthur dobbs -lrb- 2 april 1689 -- 28 march 1765 -rrb- was an anglo-irish politician with large landholdings in north carolina who served as the colonial governor of the state from 1754 to 1765 .
