Edward Carson (English politician)

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Edward Carson, styled the Honourable, (17 February 1920 – 6 March 1987) was an English Conservative Party politician.

He was the son of the Lord Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. He was educated at Eton - as was his son (a barrister who lives in Henley) and two of his grandsons. He was the progeny of his father's second marriage - the first having been terminated by bereavement.

He was Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet from 1945 until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1953

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• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Harold Balfour	Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet 1945–1953	Succeeded by William Rupert Rees-Davies
Preceded by Ernest Rogers Millington	Baby of the House July 1945–1948	Succeeded by Roy Jenkins

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