Charles William Midson (30 August 1837 – 8 April 1903) was a builder and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He returned to England in 1855 but was back in Australia the following year working as a builder in New South Wales before travelling to Brisbane in 1860[1] where he won large government and commercial building contracts including the Port Office Hotel,[2] Hunter's Boot Factory, White's Hotel, and the Courier Building.

[3] Midson later became a director of the Imperial Deposit Bank and Watertown Brick Company and at the time of his death owned the Woolloongabba Glassworks.

[1] Midson was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, holding the seat of South Brisbane from 1893[1] until his defeat at the 1896 election.

[1] In 1864 Midson married Mary Hurley Moran (died 1910)[5] and together had four sons and three daughters.