Edward Carson, Baron Carson
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The Right Honourable The Lord Carson PC PC (Ire) KC |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 19 October 1915 – 6 December 1916 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by |
Vacant last held by Bonar Law on 25 May 1915 |
| Succeeded by | H. H. Asquith |
| Attorney General for England and Wales | |
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In office 25 May 1915 – 19 October 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir John Simon |
| Succeeded by | Sir F. E. Smith |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 11 May 1900 – 4 December 1905 |
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| Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
| Prime Minister |
The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Finlay |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Robson |
| Solicitor General for Ireland | |
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In office 20 June 1892 – 11 August 1892 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | John Atkinson |
| Succeeded by | Charles Hemphill |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
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In office 10 December 1916 – 17 July 1917 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Arthur Balfour |
| Succeeded by | Sir Eric Geddes |
| Minister without Portfolio and member of the War Cabinet | |
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In office 17 July 1917 – 20 January 1918 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Leader of the Irish Unionist Parliamentary Party | |
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In office 1910–1921 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Long |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Midleton |
| Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
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In office 1910–1921 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Long |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Craigavon |
| Personal details | |
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9 February 1854 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 22 October 1935 (aged 81) Minster-in-Thanet, England |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Irish Unionist (UUP) |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Annette Kirwan (d. 1913) (2) Ruby Frewen (d. 1966) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Anglican |
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. He was leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance and Ulster Unionist Party between 1910 and 1921, held numerous positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was one of the few people not a monarch to receive a British state funeral. Historian John Brown says that "His larger than life-size statue, erected in his own lifetime in front of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont, symbolizes the widely held perception that Northern Ireland is Carson's creation."
Edward Carson was born at 4 Harcourt Street, in Dublin, into a wealthy Anglican family; His father was an architect. The Carsons were of Scottish origin, Edward's grandfather having originally moved to Dublin from Dumfries in 1815. Carson's mother was Isabella Lambert, the daughter of Captain Peter Lambert, part of an old Anglo-Irish family, the Lamberts of Castle Ellen, County Galway. Carson spent holidays at Castle Ellen, which was owned by his uncle. He was one of six children (four boys and two girls). Edward was educated at Portarlington School, Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin, where he read law and was an active member of the College Historical Society. He also played with the college hurling team. Carson graduated BA and MA.
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