Editing Edward Carson (section)

== Private life ==

Carson married twice. His first wife was Annette Kirwan from [[County Galway]], daughter of Henry Persse Kirwan, a retired County Inspector of the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]]. They were married on 19 December 1879.<ref name=":0" /> He had two sons and two daughters by his first wife (he described them as a "rum lot"),<ref name="CarsonODNB" /> namely:
* [[The Hon.]] William Henry Lambert Carson, born 2 October 1880 (d. 1930)
* The Hon. Aileen Seymour Carson, born 13 November 1881
* The Hon. Gladys Isobel Carson, born 1885
* The Hon. Walter Seymour Carson, born 1890

The first Lady Carson died in 1913.<ref name="CarsonODNB" /> His second wife was Ruby Frewen (1881–1966),<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruby Carson (née Frewen), Lady Carson |url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp100693/ruby-carson-nee-frewen-lady-carson |publisher=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> a [[Yorkshire]]woman, the daughter of Lt.-Col. Stephen Frewen, later Frewen-Laton MP (1857–1933) and Emily Augusta (Peacocke) Frewen. They were married on 17 September 1914;<ref name=":0" /> she was 32 and he was 60. They had one son:
* [[Edward Carson (Conservative politician)|The Hon. Edward Carson MP]], born 17 February 1920