Lord Carson Passes
FAMOUS LAWYER ANT) POLITICIAN United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright Received Tuesday, Midnight. LONDON, Oct. 22. Lord Carson is dead.
One of the most famous lawyers of his day, Lord Carson made history as leader of tho Ulster diehards. A bitter opponent of Homo Rule for Ireland, he organised armed resistance by the formation of the Ulster volunteers and the “Covenant” of 1912, which eventually resulted in the exclusion of Ulster front the Irish Free State. He was a member of, the War Cabinets; first as Attorney-General in 19.16, and then as First Lord of tho Admiralty in 1917. lu 1921 he became a Lord of Appeal’ with a life peerage. He was SI years of age.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 5
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