Lawrence, Charles

Entered the army as ensign, 1727; captain, 1742; and major, 1747. Accompanied War burton's Infantry to Nova Scotia, and engaged in the French wars at Cobequid, 1749-1750; brigadier-general under Amherst at the siege of Louis bourg, 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 A embly 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.