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
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
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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,
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
…rally around the [Orange] lodges, strengthen and support them". In 1912, Craig helped orchestrate "Ulster Day". In a massed demonstration in Belfast, Edward Carson, the Dublin barrister he had nominated for the leadership of the UUC, led in signing the Ulster Covenant. The signatories pledged "to stand by one…
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