Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Irish politician, barrister and judge (1854-1935) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who was the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England, Wales and Ireland, as well as the First Lord of the Admiralty for the Royal Navy.
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Éamon de Valera 2 moreCandidate1915Named Leader of the OppositionOffice19 October 1915 to 6 December 1916Named Attorney General for England and WalesOffice25 May to 19 October 19151910Named Member of the 30th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice3 December 1910 to 25 November 19181900Named Member of the 27th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice1 October 1900 to 8 January 1906Named Solicitor General for England and WalesOffice11 May 1900 to 4 December 1905Knight BachelorAward1895Named Member of the 26th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice13 July 1895 to 17 September 19001892Named Solicitor-General for IrelandOffice20 June to 11 August 18921854Born9 February 1854People around Edward
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His authority as a unionist leader saw him elevated to the British War Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio in 1917, and he was subsequently appointed to the judicial role of Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the House of Lords in 1921, with the political title Lord Carson of Duncairn. Due to his political campaigns in both Great Britain and Ireland, he became widely regarded as the founding father of Northern Ireland.
