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Edward Carson

Born: 9 February 1854

Died: 22 October 1935

1st Baron Carson of Duncairn - 1921

Knighted - 1900

Member of Privy Council - 1905

son of Edward Henry Carson

Portarlington School

Trinity College, Dublin

Lawyer

Solicitor-General for Ireland	June 1892	August 1892
Solicitor General	7 May 1900	4 December 1905
Attorney General	May 1915	19 October 1915
Leader of HM Opposition	19 October 1915	6 December 1916
First Lord of the Admiralty	6 December 1916	December 1917
Minister without Portfolio	1917	1918

9 July 1892	Dublin University	Unionist	1,609	68.56
31 July 1895	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
7 May 1900 Appointment of Edward Carson as Solicitor-General for England.
16 May 1900	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
1 October 1900	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
13 January 1906	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
15 January 1910	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
3 December 1910	Dublin University	Unionist	Unopposed
14 December 1918	Belfast Duncairn	Unionist	11,637	81.05
24 May 1921 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Edward Carson as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.