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The Honourable
Edward Carson
The Honourable Edward Carson
Member of Parliament; for Isle of Thanet
	In office; 5 July 1945 – 1953
Preceded by	Harold Balfour
Succeeded by	William Rees-Davies
Personal details
Born	Edward Carson; 17 February 1920; Mayfair, London
Died	6 March 1987 (aged 67); East Sussex
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Heather Sclater (m. 1943⁠–⁠1987)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Edward Carson; Ruby Frewen
Alma mater	Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge
Nickname	Ned

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

Personal life

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]

Member of Parliament

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

^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1985, pg 216
^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1967, pg 291
^ Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1995, pg 453
^ Barber, Richard (2004). The Story of Ludgrove. Oxford: Guidon Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 0-9543617-2-5.
^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion, 1967, pg 291

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Carson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Harold Balfour	Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet 1945–1953	Succeeded by William Rees-Davies
Preceded by Ernest Millington	Baby of the House July 1945–1948	Succeeded by Roy Jenkins

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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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   | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Isle of Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|Isle of Thanet]]
-  | years  = [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]–1953
+  | years  = [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]–[[1953 Isle of Thanet by-election|1953]]
   | before = [[Harold Balfour, 1st Baron Balfour of Inchrye|Harold Balfour]]
   | after  = [[William Rees-Davies (Conservative politician)|William Rees-Davies]]