Edward Henry Carson - Belfast
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Edward Carson was born at 4, Harcourt Street, Dublin. He was from a wealthy anglican family; his father was an architect.
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Date Posted: 04/11/2008
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Sir Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson of Duncairn (1854–1935), lawyer and Unionist politician. He was born in Harcourt Street, Dublin, on 9 February 1854. His father was Edward Henry Carson, an architect and civil engineer. His family was of Scottish origin. His mother was Isabella Lambert, of Castle Ellen, Athenry, Co. Galway, a member of an Ascendancy landowning family. Her ancestor, General Lambert, was one Oliver Cromwell’s major-generals. The young Carson was educated at Arlington House, Portarlington, and went on to study law at Trinity College Dublin in 1871. He spent much of his time debating in the College Historical Society. He took a pass degree in 1876 and then studied at the King’s Inns, Dublin. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1877.
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