Lawrence Charles


Entered the army as ensign, 1727; captain, 1742;

and major, 1747. Accompanied Warburton's Infantry to Nova Scotia, and

engaged in the French wars at Cobequid, 1749-1750; brigadier-general

under Amherst at the siege of Louisbourg, 1758. Nine years earlier had

been appointed a member of the Council of Nova Scotia; administered

the government on the retirement of Governor Hopson, 1753;

lieutenant-governor, 1754; and governor, 1756. The first Assembly met

under his governorship, 1758. Responsible for the expulsion of the

Acadians. Died at Halifax, Oct. 19, 1760. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.;

Akins, History of Halifax; Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe; Hannay,

History of Acadia; Richard, Acadia. See also Acadians, Expulsion

of the.



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