Charles Lawrence

Brigadier-General Charles Lawrence (14 December 1709 - 19 October 1760) was a Canadian colonial administrator, military officer and soldier. He was a veteran of the first Anglo-Mikmaq War and the fifth Anglo-French War. During his career, he served as seventh Governor of the Province of Nova Scotia.

Lawrence's administration governed the Acadian Peninsula between 1753 and 1760, during which time the French diaspora was expelled, the country was colonised, martial law was imposed throughout the territory and the fifth Anglo-French War was concluded. During his tenure, he oversaw the mass deportation and killing of the Mikmaq tribes and the French diaspora of the Province of Nova Scotia,