Editing Edward Carson (section)

== Early life ==

[[File:Teach Edward Carson.JPG|thumb|left|4 [[Harcourt Street]], Dublin, where Carson was born in 1854]]

Edward Carson, the second son of Edward Henry Carson, [[architect]], was born at 4 [[Harcourt Street]], in [[Dublin]], into a wealthy [[Church of Ireland|Anglican]] family.<ref name="autogenerated1">Marjoribanks, ''Volume One: The Life of Lord Carson'', London, 1932, p. 5</ref> The Carsons were of Scottish origin, Edward's grandfather having originally moved to Dublin from [[Dumfries]] in 1815. Carson's mother was Isabella Lambert, the daughter of Captain Peter Lambert, part of an old [[Anglo-Irish]] family, the Lamberts of [[Castle Ellen]], [[County Galway]]. Carson spent holidays at Castle Ellen, which was owned by his uncle.<ref>Marjoribanks, ''Volume One: The Life of Lord Carson'', London, 1932, p. 6</ref> He was one of six children (four boys and two girls). Edward was educated at Arlington House in [[Portarlington, County Laois|Portarlington]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Boyce |first=D. George |date=29 May 2014 |title=Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson: (1854–1935) |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32310 |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32310}}</ref> [[Wesley College, Dublin]]<ref>Dickson, Brice Drewry, Gavin The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009 Oxford University Press page 755</ref> and [[Trinity College Dublin]],<ref name=":0" /> where he read law and was an active member of the [[College Historical Society]]. It was said that he also played [[hurling]] with the college team. Carson graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]].

He spoke Irish and was a regular player of [[Gaelic games]] as a child.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-55923100|title=NI 100: Why did Carson give up chance to be NI's first PM?|work=BBC News|date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

He later received an [[honorary doctorate]] ([[Doctor of Law|LL.D.]]) from the [[University of Dublin]] in June 1901.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=University intelligence |date=28 June 1901 |page=10 |issue=36493}}</ref>