Lawrence Taliaferro Dade "of Bell Forest" (1785 – March 25, 1842) was a Virginia state senator, planter and captain in the US Army.

Captain Francis Dade and his cousin Baldwin Dade were patriots of the Revolutionary War serving in the 3rd Continental Light Dragoons.

Dade entered the War of 1812 as Captain of the 2nd Regiment of the Virginia Artillery.

When his cousin Francis L. Dade finished school, he read law under Lawrence's supervision.

During a senate session in 1828, Dade praised Joseph Cabell of Nelson County Virginia who was nearly regarded as a co-founder of the University of Virginia, stating "If aught of good proceeds from the University, the pride and glory of Virginia, the member from Nelson cannot be forgotten; for he, in promoting that monument of wisdom and taste, was second only to the immortal Jefferson.