Sir Charles Henry Darling KCB (19 February 1809 – 25 January 1870) was a British colonial governor.

He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the garrisons of Barbados, the Windward Islands, and Jamaica, with the 57th Foot.

Charles Darling served in the British West Indies from 1833 until he retired from the army in 1841 and settled in Jamaica.

[1] He started his colonial service while in Jamaica, during which time he often clashed with leaders of the free people of color who were elected to the island's Assembly, such as Robert Osborn.

[2][3] He was then married, at Christ Church, Barbados, on 14 December 1839 to Mary Ann Nurse (who died of yellow fever in St Lucia on 6 November 1848).