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Charles was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 25, 1746. His father was Charles Pinckney, a planter and aristocrat who would later serve as the chief justice of the Province of South Carolina; his mother was Eliza Lucas, a famous agriculturalist known for the cultivation of indigo.   

Charles was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 25, 1746. His father was Charles Pinckney, a planter and aristocrat who would later serve as the chief justice of the Province of South Carolina; his mother was Eliza Lucas, a famous agriculturalist known for the cultivation of indigo.   

In 1753 the family moved to London, where Pinckney's father served as agent for the colony of South Carolina. Charles and his brother Thomas enrolled in the famous Westminster preparatory school, and remained in England to complete their education when the family returned to America in 1758. Thomas graduated from Christ Church College at Oxford, and subsequently law at London's Middle Temple. After being admitted to the bar in 1769, Charles continued his education, studying botany and chemistry; he was also briefly enrolled in the French military academy at Caen.<ref name=military>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/pinckneycc.htm CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY]</ref>

In 1753 the family moved to London, where Pinckney's father served as agent for the colony of South Carolina. Charles and his brother Thomas enrolled in the famous Westminster preparatory school, and remained in England to complete their education when the family returned to America in 1758. Thomas graduated from Christ Church College at Oxford, and subsequently law at London's Middle Temple. After being admitted to the bar in 1769, Charles continued his education, studying botany and chemistry; he was also briefly enrolled in the French military academy at Caen.<ref name=military>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/pinckneycc.htm CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY]</ref>  For a time he worked together at a law practice with fellow Founder [[Edward Rutledge]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UP3BCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT167 St. Philip's Church of Charleston: An Early History of the Oldest Parish in South Carolina]</ref>

==Military career==

==Military career==