Charles Cardale Babington (23 November 1808 – 22 July 1895) was an English botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist.

Apart from the Manual of British Botany which went into several editions, he published floras of Bath and Cambridgeshire; and a monograph on the genus Rubus.

In 1831 he was persuaded to examine the plants of Bath by Mr E. Collings and this resulted in his first work, Flora Bathonensis published in 1833.

He overlapped at Cambridge with Charles Darwin, and in 1829 they argued over who should have the pick of beetle specimens from a local dealer.

[3] He gained the nickname "Beetles Babington" and helped Darwin identify specimens from the collections he made on the voyage of the Beagle.

He was devoted to evangelical activities and supported organizations like the Church Missionary Society and helped set up a home for orphan girls in Cambridge in 1871.