Carson
Carson names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Carson SIR EDWARD HENRY, a British statesman
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR EDWARD HENRY, a British statesman; born at Dublin, Irelan land, Feb. 9, 1854. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entered on the practice of law and was made Solicitor- General for Ireland in 1892. From 1900 to 1906 he was British Solicitor-General. He was the special champion of the Conservative Protestant communities of Ireland, chiefly centered in the province of Ulster, going so far as to organize troops and threaten armed resistance to the British Government if the provisions of the Home Rule Bill should be applied to Ulster. During the war, however, he was an ardent advocate of the Allied cause. He entered the Asquith Coalition Cabinet on May 26, 1915, as Attorney- General. He resigned in October of the same year, because of differences of opinion with his colleagues on the Dardanelles expedition. When the Lloyd George Cabinet was formed in 1917 Carson was made First Lord of the Admiralty. In the same year he became a member of the War Cabinet, without Ca portfolio, but resigned suddenly in the early part of 1918, giving as his chief reason his desire to be entirely free in forming his judgment in regard to the Irish situation. In respect to the latter he continued an uncompromising opponent to Home Rule.
Carson CHRISTOPHER, commonly called Kit
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
CHRISTOPHER, commonly called Kit, an American trapper and scout, born in Kentucky, Dec. 4, 1809, He served under General Fremont in his Rocky Mountain expeditions, and fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars, attaining to the rank of brevet Brigadier-General. In the course of his career as a trapper, hunter, Indian-fighter, scout and Indian agent, he met with many remarkable adventures. He died at Fort Lynn, Col., May 23, 1868.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's wrote in 1921 with Edward Carson's Ulster campaign still unresolved; within months the island was partitioned, and Carson, who had "threatened armed resistance," left politics for the bench as Lord Carson, a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, dying in 1935 and buried in St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast. His statue still stands outside the Northern Ireland parliament building at Stormont, and he remains a contested figure on both sides of the Irish border. Kit Carson's "many remarkable adventures" read very differently now: modern accounts foreground his 1863-64 scorched-earth campaign against the Navajo and their forced removal on the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo, which has made his name a subject of protest rather than simple frontier romance. Collier's also misprinted his place of death, which was Fort Lyon, Colorado.
Written for this edition, 2026.