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Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who was the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England,
Carson, c. 1900
4 Harcourt Street, Dublin, where Carson was born in 1854
Carson addressing Parliament as depicted in Vanity Fair in 1893
Sir Edward Carson signing the Ulster Covenant
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC, DL, was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 191
Edward Carson
…controversial figure: But his commitment was unqualified, both to Ulster unionism and to its increasing extremism. Under Carson's leadership, with Craig as his lieutenant, discipline and organization were imposed on their supporters; proposed compromises were rejected; and plans were drawn up for a…
Craig in 1917
Craig caricatured by WHO for Vanity Fair, 1911
Craig (third from left) with his first cabinet, in 1921
Time cover, 26 May 1924