Lord Carson

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Lord Carson was the title held by Edward Carson, a prominent Irish unionist leader, barrister, and politician who played a key role in opposing Irish Home Rule in the early 20th century.

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Lord Carson canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish unionist leader
barrister
hereditary title
human
politician
areaOfActivity British politics NERFINISHED
Irish politics
law
countryOfBirth Ireland NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1854-02-09
dateOfDeath 1935-10-22
educatedAt Portora Royal School NERFINISHED
Trinity College Dublin
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish
familyName Carson NERFINISHED
givenName Edward
heldBy Edward Carson NERFINISHED
Edward Carson NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Lord NERFINISHED
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
Irish Unionist Party NERFINISHED
notableEvent Ulster Covenant of 1912 NERFINISHED
opposition to the Third Home Rule Bill
notableFor leadership of Ulster unionism
opposition to Irish Home Rule
role in the partition of Ireland
notableWork leadership in signing the Ulster Covenant
occupation barrister
judge
politician
placeOfBirth Dublin
placeOfDeath Kent NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Irish unionism
positionHeld Attorney-General for England and Wales
First Lord of the Admiralty NERFINISHED
Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary NERFINISHED
Solicitor-General for England and Wales NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
title Baron Carson NERFINISHED

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Ruby Frewen title Lord Carson
subject surface form: Edward Carson