Charles Lawrence (December 14, 1709 - October 19, 1760) was a British military officer who, as lieutenant governor and subsequently governor of Nova Scotia, was responsible for overseeing the expulsion of Acadians from the colony in the Great Upheaval. He was born in Plymouth, England and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wikipedia
LAWRENCE, CHARLES , military officer, governor of Nova Scotia; b. c . 1709 in England, son of Herbert Lawrence; d. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 19Oct.1760. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=35574
"I shall support the law, for the law gentlemen, is the firm and solid basis of civil society, the guardian of liberty, the protection of the innocent, the terror of the guilty, and the scourge of the wicked." www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Lawrence.htm
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