| Charles Goldsborough | |
| Order1: | 16th |
| Office1: | Governor of Maryland |
| Term Start1: | January 8, 1819 |
| Term End1: | December 20, 1819 |
| Predecessor1: | Charles C. Ridgely |
| Successor1: | Samuel Sprigg |
| Office2: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1805 |
| Term End2: | March 4, 1817 |
| Predecessor2: | John Dennis |
| Successor2: | Thomas Bayly |
| Office3: | Member of the Maryland State Senate |
| Term Start3: | 1791 |
| Term End3: | 1795 |
| Term Start4: | 1799 |
| Term End4: | 1801 |
| Office5: | Member of the Maryland House of Delegates |
| Term5: | 1797 |
| Term Start6: | 1801 |
| Term End6: | 1803 |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1765 |
| Birth Place: | Dorchester County, Province of Maryland, British America |
| Death Place: | Dorchester County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Party: | Federalist |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Thomas Alan Goldsborough Winder Laird Henry |
| Alma Mater: | University of Pennsylvania |
Charles Goldsborough (July 15, 1765 – December 13, 1834) served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.
Goldsborough was born at "Hunting Creek", near Cambridge in Dorchester County, Maryland, and pursued an academic course. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1784 and began to study law.
His daughter Maria married Virginia planter and politician William Henry Fitzhugh, son of patriot and planter William Fitzhugh.
In 1790, he was admitted to the bar, and early on held several local political offices. He was also a member of the Maryland State Senate from 1791 to 1795 and later from 1799 to 1801.
Goldsborough was elected as a Federalist to the Ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1805 to March 3, 1817. In 1814 he was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society.[1] He later served as Governor of Maryland in 1819. In 1820, he retired from public life and moved to his estate near Cambridge.
Goldsborough died at "Shoal Creek" near Cambridge, and is interred there at Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery.
Charles Goldsborough was the great-grandfather of Thomas Alan Goldsborough and Winder Laird Henry.