Editing Edward Carson (section)

== Judge ==

Carson was asked to lead the Unionists during the election to become the first [[Prime Minister of Northern Ireland]]. He declined due to his lack of connections with any Northern Ireland constituency (an opponent once taunted him saying: "He has no country, he has no caste"),<ref>Marjoribanks, ''Volume One: The Life of Lord Carson'', London, 1932, p. 8</ref> and resigned the leadership of the party in February 1921.<ref name="CarsonODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=32310|title=Carson, Edward Henry, Baron Carson|first=D. George|last=Boyce|author-link=D. G. Boyce}}</ref> Carson was appointed one of seven [[Lords of Appeal in Ordinary]] on 24 May 1921 and was created a life peer under the [[Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876]] on 1 June 1921 as '''Baron Carson''', of [[Belfast Duncairn (UK Parliament constituency)|Duncairn]] in the [[County of Antrim]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32344 |date=3 June 1921 |page=4425 }}</ref>