Sir Charles Arthur Hillas Lempriere Abbott (31 October 1889 – 14 September 1960) was an Australian lawyer, jurist and politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of East Torrens (1933-1938) and Burnside (1938-1946), and was a Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia (1946-1959).

[1][2] Abbott was born 31 October 1889 at Wagga Wagga Hospital in the Colony of New South Wales to father, Doctor Charles Abbott and mother Susanna (nee Beitsch).

[1] Following Abbott's resignation from the South Australian Parliament in 1946, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia and continued in that role until his retirement in 1959.

[2] Abbott married to Gladys Rose DeLaney in Adelaide, where they had three children: He served as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of South Australia from 1950- 1959.

[3][5] and was made a Knight Bachelor in the January 1960 New Year Honours by Queen Elizabeth II.