Edward Carson

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barrister human politician unionist politician

Edward Carson was a prominent Irish unionist politician and barrister best known for leading opposition to Irish Home Rule in the early 20th century.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	barrister → human → politician → unionist politician →
alsoKnownAs	Baron Carson → Sir Edward Carson →
birthDate	1854-02-09 →
birthPlace	Dublin → Ireland →
burialPlace	St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1935-10-22 →
educatedAt	Trinity College Dublin →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
familyName	Carson →
fieldOfWork	law → politics →
fullName	Edward Henry Carson →
givenName	Edward →
hasMonument	Carson statue at Stormont →
honorificPrefix	Sir → The Right Honourable →
knownFor	leadership of Ulster unionism → leading opposition to Irish Home Rule → role in the Ulster Covenant → role in the formation of Northern Ireland →
memberOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom → Privy Council of Ireland → Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
militaryConflict	First World War →
movement	Ulster unionism →
nationality	British →
nobleTitle	Baron Carson →
notableCase	Oscar Wilde libel trial →
occupation	barrister → judge → politician →
peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom →
politicalAlignment	Irish unionism →
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) → Irish Unionist Alliance →
positionHeld	Attorney General for England and Wales → First Lord of the Admiralty → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → Solicitor General for England and Wales → Solicitor-General for Ireland →
religion	Anglicanism →
servedIn	British government during World War I →
spouse	Annette Kirwan → Ruby Frewen →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edward Carson ("Sir Edward Carson") →	alsoKnownAs
Edward Carson ("Edward Henry Carson") →	fullName
Trinity College Dublin →	hasNotableAlumnus
Chief Secretary for Ireland ("Sir Edward Carson") →	hasNotableOfficeHolder
First Lord of the Admiralty →	officeHeldBy