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Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire) (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who served as the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England, Wales and Ireland as well as the First Lord of the Admiralty for the British Royal Navy.
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson (born Feb. 9, 1854, Dublin, Ire.—died Oct. 22, 1935, Minster, Kent, Eng.) , known as the “uncrowned king of Ulster,” was a lawyer and politician who successfully led Ulster unionist resistance to the British government’s attempts to introduce Home Rule for the whole of Ireland.
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Edward Carson was a prominent Irish lawyer and politician who led the Ulster Unionist movement against home rule. He played a role in the 1916 Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, but died in 1935.
Jan 10, 2014 · Edward Carson, who became the intransigent leader of Ulster unionism, was born in Harcourt Street, Dublin, in 1854 and died in Kent in 1935 after a tempestuous legal and political career.
A comprehensive biography of Edward Henry Carson, a lawyer and politician who defended the landed interest, the crown and Ulster unionism in Ireland and Britain. Learn about his early career, his parliamentary achievements, his legal cases and his political convictions.
Learn about Edward Carson, a Dublin-born barrister and unionist leader who opposed Irish Home Rule and founded Northern Ireland. Find out his biography, political career, and role in the Ulster Crisis and World War I.
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Mar 25, 2015 · Learn about Edward Carson, the leader of the anti-Home Rule movement in Ulster and a prominent politician in Westminster. Find out his role in the Ulster Covenant, the Ulster Volunteer Force and the First World War.
