Carson, Edward Henry (1854–1935)
Baron Carson of Duncairn
Born Dublin, Ireland, February 9th, 1854
Died Minster, Kent, England, October 22nd, 1935.
Irish politician and lawyer known as the "uncrowned King of Ulster" who played a decisive part in the trial of the writer Oscar Wilde.
In the years before World War I he led the movement in Ulster to resist Irish Home Rule by force of arms if need be. He was Knighted in 1896 and made a Baron in 1921.
Carson was a highly respected barrister both in England and Ireland. He acted as counsel for the Marquess of Queensbury in the trial that ruined Wilde's career.
On the outbreak of war he campaigned in Ulster in support of the government, and took office under both Asquith and Lloyd George (attorney general 1915, First Lord of the Admiralty 1916, member of the war cabinet 1917–18). He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1921–29.
He is buried in Belfast Cathedral and the plaques underneath were donated by his devoted followers.