Charles Hale (1831–1882) of Boston was an American legislator and diplomat.

[3] Charles graduated from Harvard College in 1850; whilst a student he rowed in the Undine Club.

[7] In Cairo he "arrested the conspirator, John Surratt," suspected of plotting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

[3] He was also appointed State Commissioner of Public Lands, responsible for "laying out the Back Bay.

"[8] During the latter part of his life he lived in retirement, occupied in literary work, and much of the time was an invalid.

Edward Everett Hale, and other relatives of the deceased man, and also the Senators and Representatives who served during Mr. Hale's term in the Legislature; the members of the Harvard Class of '50, and the employees of the Boston Daily Advertiser.