George Alfred Carman, QC (6 October 1929 – 2 January 2001) was a leading English barrister during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1979, he successfully defended the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe after he was charged with conspiracy to murder. Carman had been appointed as a Queen\'s Counsel (QC) eight years previously. He later appeared in a series of widely publicised criminal cases and libel cases.\n', '

Carman was born in Blackpool, the son of Alfred George Carman and Evelyn (née Moylan) Carman. His father, a former soldier and auctioneer, briefly owned a furniture business, and his mother, the family\'s main breadwinner, owned a dress shop.\n', '

His parents met in Ireland; his mother was the daughter of a Waterford cattle dealer, Michael Moylan. Irish hurling player Christy Moylan was an uncle. George attended St Joseph\'s College in Blackpool, run by Christian Brothers from Ireland, and a Roman Catholic seminary, St Joseph\'s College, Upholland, where he trained to be a priest.\n', '

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