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.