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Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson of Duncairn
Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson of Duncairn (b. 9 Feb. 1854, d. 22 Oct. 1935). Irish Unionist leader Born in Dublin, and educated at Portarlington School, and Trinity College, Dublin. He qualified as a lawyer and was called to the Irish Bar in 1877. For his legal skill, he was awarded the distinction of QC (Queen's Counsel) in Ireland (1889) and England (1894). He was elected as Conservative MP for Dublin University in 1892, and held this seat until 1918, when he became MP for Belfast Duncairn. He was Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1892, and for England, 1900–6. He was Attorney-General under Asquith in 1915–16. Under Lloyd George, he was First Lord of the Admiralty in 1917, and a member of the War Cabinet in 1917–18. He is remembered principally as a formidable opponent of Irish Home Rule, and later as an advocate of Ulster remaining part of the United Kingdom. In 1912, in Belfast, he organized the signature of a covenant, in which thousands pledged that Ulster would not recognize the authority of any Dublin parliament. This gave popular backing to the Ulster Volunteer Force, a private army of 80,000, whose threat of civil war was only averted by the outbreak of World War I. Thereafter, he reluctantly agreed to Home Rule for southern Ireland as long as Northern Ireland remained under the British Crown. He entered the House of Lords in 1921.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson of Duncairn." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson of Duncairn." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-CrsndwrdHnryBrnCrsnfDncrn.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson of Duncairn." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-CrsndwrdHnryBrnCrsnfDncrn.html |
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Carson, Edward Henry, Baron
Carson, Edward Henry, Baron (1854–1935) Anglo-Irish statesman. Elected to the British Parliament in 1892, he opposed the third HOME RULE Bill (1912) and organized a private army of ULSTER VOLUNTEERS, threatening that Ulster would set up a separate provisional government if the Bill proceeded. In 1914 he reluctantly agreed to Home Rule for southern Ireland but insisted that NORTHERN IRELAND, including the predominantly Catholic counties of Tyrone and Fermanagh, should remain under the British crown.
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"Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CarsonEdwardHenryBaron.html "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CarsonEdwardHenryBaron.html |
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Carson, Edward Henry, Baron
Carson, Edward Henry, Baron (1854–1935) Northern Irish political leader. A famous barrister and powerful orator, he was the leader of resistance to Irish Home Rule. Organizing the paramilitary Ulster Volunteers (1912) and proclaiming “Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be right”, he forced the British government to exclude the Protestant provinces from the Home Rule Agreement of 1914.
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"Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-CarsonEdwardHenryBaron.html "Carson, Edward Henry, Baron." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-CarsonEdwardHenryBaron.html |
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