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Edward Carson (Conservative politician)

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Edward Carson
Member of Parliament
for Isle of Thanet
In office
5 July 1945 – 1953
Preceded byHarold Balfour
Succeeded byWilliam Rees-Davies
Personal details
Born
Edward Carson

(1920-02-17)17 February 1920
Mayfair, London
Died6 March 1987(1987-03-06) (aged 67)
East Sussex
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Heather Sclater
(m. 1943⁠–⁠1987)
Children1
ParentEdward Carson
Alma materEton College
Trinity College, Cambridge
NicknameNed

Edward Carson (17 February 1920 – 6 March 1987) was a British Conservative politician.

Personal life

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The Hon. Edward Carson was the youngest child of Lord Carson's five children (born when his father was 66), and he was the only child of his father's second wife Lucy Frewen.

Carson married Heather, daughter of Frank Arthur Sclater, O.B.E., M.C., of Milford, Surrey, in 1943;[1][2] their son, Edward Rory Carson, married Araminta, daughter of Sir John James MacDonald Horlick, 5th Baronet, in 1975.[3]

Edward Carson was educated at Ludgrove School and then Eton College – as was his son (a barrister who lives in Henley-upon-Thames) and two of his grandsons – and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[4][5]

Edward Carson was for a time Librarian for H M Customs and Excise and also served in their legal department in later life. He was a published author and notably penned “The Ancient and Rightful Customs” in 1972 which was widely considered the most valued tome on the history of the UK’s Customs and Excise department.

Member of Parliament

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Carson was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Thanet from 1945, when aged 25, until he resigned from the House of Commons for health reasons in 1953. He died in March 1987 at the age of 67.

References

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  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1985, pg 216
  2. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1967, pg 291
  3. ^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1995, pg 453
  4. ^ Barber, Richard (2004). The Story of Ludgrove. Oxford: Guidon Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 0-9543617-2-5.
  5. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1967, pg 291
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet
19451953
Succeeded by
Preceded by Baby of the House
July 1945–1948
Succeeded by