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Barrister. 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 ...
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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Sir Edward Carson (with James Craig to his left) signing the Solemn League and Covenant in Belfast City Hall on ‘Ulster Day’, 28 September 1912, the culmination of a range of stunningly impressive events masterminded by Craig. (George Morrison) When Edward Carson accepted the role of Irish Unionist Parliament ary Party leader in 1910 he ...
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.
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Mar 25, 2015 · Carson, who had been knighted in 1896, was made a baron in 1921 and in the same year became Lord of Appeal in Ordinary – a position he held until 1929. Carson died in October 1935. Edward Carson was the ‘uncrowned king’ of Protestants in Ireland. Edward Carson became the prime mover in Ulster’s anti-Home Rule campaign. Carson was bor.
Edward Henry, Baron Carson, (born Feb. 9, 1854, Dublin, Ire.—died Oct. 22, 1935, Minster, Kent, Eng.), Irish lawyer and politician. In 1892 he was elected to the British House of Commons and was appointed Irish solicitor general. He served as British solicitor general (1900–05), attorney general (1915), first lord of the Admiralty (1916 ...
