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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 ...
23 de jan. de 2021 · Did Edward Carson destroy Oscar Wilde? In a new documentary set to screen on BBC NI, Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland asks if Carson deserves the reputation as the man who took down his...
Sir Edward Carson, the unionist leader who opposed home rule, decided not to become Northern Ireland's first prime minister in 1921. His great-grandson and a historian explain his personal and political reasons for stepping aside.
24 de jan. de 2021 · Edward Carson questioned Wilde about his ‘improprieties’ with young men. Photograph: Bettmann Archive. The letter, written by the earl of Birkenhead, has been unearthed by Wilde’s grandson,...
- Dalya Alberge
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
The course of Irish history changed 100 years ago with the decision of Sir Edward Carson to stand down from the unionist leadership and relinquish the chance to become Northern Ireland's first...
