Edward Carson

Gill's Irish Lives

by A.T.Q. Stewart

[Carson, Edward] Stewart, A. T. Q. Edward Carson. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1981. 19 cm. 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Gill's Irish lives]. Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. From Dublin, he became the leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance and Ulster Unionist Party between 1910 and 1921, held numerous positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was one of the few people not a monarch to receive a British state funeral. Historian John Brown says that His larger than life-size statue, erected in his own lifetime in front of the Northern Ireland parliament at Stormont, symbolizes the widely held perception that Northern Ireland is Carson's creation. (Wikipedia)

Genres: Ireland

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart, known professionally as A.T.Q. Stewart or Tony Stewart, was a Northern Irish historian, teacher and academic, and a best-selling author on the subject of the politics of Ulster and Northern Ireland.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a dated biography of Edward Carson, but, being written by the late-great Tony Stewart, it is still excellent.

[Michael Carchrie Campbell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having not known much about the leader of the Ulster Unionists at the time of the formation of Northern Ireland, I found ATQ Stewart's book extremely interesting. There were particular stories stories of Edward Carson which I found amusing.

...Carson had on one occasion great difficulty in getting past the police and into the building. 'I'm the Solicitor-General,' he told the policeman at the door. 'That's what they all say,' was the reply.

It seems that Carson was involved not only with the partition of Ireland, but in the arbitration between the United States of America and Canada regarding the border of Alaska.
All in all, I've a bit more of an understanding of Edward Carson than when I began.