Brigadier-General Charles Lawrence ( December 14, 1709 – October 19, 1760) is a British military officer who, as lieutenant governor and subsequently governor of Nova Scotia. is perhaps best known for overseeing the Expulsion of the Acadians and settling the New England Planters in Nova Scotia.

He was born in Plymouth, England and dies in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

He is the namesake of Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia and Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.

He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax).