Francis Corbin (died 1767) was a British citizen sent to America by John Carteret, 2nd Earl of Granville, to care for matters relating to his proprietary affairs in November 1744. Earl Granville officially commissioned Corbin to act as his agent in October 1749, and Corbin worked alongside Thomas Child as a proprietary land agent. By virtue of this appointment, Corbin also concurrently held several other provincial positions: a member of the governor's council, judge of the court of vice admiralty, an associate justice in the colony's general court system, colonel of the Chowan County militia, and a justice in Chowan's courts of pleas and quarter sessions. Corbin's poor management of the land office resulted in a confrontation called the Enfield Riot in 1759, and he was subsequently stripped of all of his power by both Earl Granville and royal governor Arthur Dobbs. From 1760 to 1765, Corbin represented Chowan County in the General Assembly.