Charles Hugh Francis QC (15 July 1924 – 14 August 2009) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Belgrave to medical practitioner Shirley Elliston Francis and Constance Mary Varley.
He was educated at Belgrave, Camberwell and Melbourne Grammar Schools before studying at the University of Sydney, where he received bachelor's degrees of Arts, Law and Commerce.
He took silk in 1969, and from 1969 to 1979 was judge advocate with the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve.
In September 1977 he was expelled from the Liberal Party after he abstained from a no-confidence motion over Housing Commission land deals.