#7449, Edward Henry CARSON

Our picture shows Lord Carson's statue outside the Parliament Buildings at Stormont in Belfast.

He was educated at Portarlington School, Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin.

From 1900 to 1921 he was known as Sir Edward Carson. He was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance and Ulster Unionist Party between 1910 and 1921. He also held numerous positions in the Cabinet of the UK and served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Carson's greatest political achievement was the creation of Northern Ireland. He is also remembered for his open-ended cross-examination of Oscar Wilde in a legal action that Wilde had brought but led to him being gaoled and ruined. Carson unsuccessfully attempted to intercede for Wilde after the case.

He was the second son of Edward Henry Carson, architect, and Isabella Lambert, daughter of Captain Peter Lambert.