Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1854)

Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC, from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who was the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England, Wales and Ireland as well as the First Lord of the Admiralty for the British Royal Navy. His authority as a unionist leader saw him elevated to the British War Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio in 1917, and he was subsequently appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords in 1921, taking office under the political title Lord Carson of Duncairn. Due to his actions in both Great Britain and Ireland, he became widely regarded as one of the founding figures of Northern Ireland.

His Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales is the chief legal adviser to the Sovereign and Government in affairs pertaining to England and Wales as well as the highest ranking amongst the Law officers of the Crown. The Attorney general is the leader of the Attorney General's Office and currently attends the Cabinet. Unlike in other countries employing the Common law legal system, the attorney general does not govern the Administration of justice; that function is carried out by the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. The incumbent is also concurrently Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

October 22 is the 295th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 70 days remain until the end of the year.