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Allan, Edwin Francis, 1867-1922
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Dates of existence
1867-1922
History
ALLAN, EDWIN FRANCIS, eldest son of Francis Allan, Clapham, Surrey, tea dealer, and Eliza --- (1881 Census); b. 10 Nov 1867; adm. 5 Jun 1883; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1885, matr. 16 Oct 1885; entered Diplomatic Service; student interpreter in China 26 Aug 1891, serving at Hankow 1891-6, when he retired on grounds of health; went to New Zealand; on editorial staff The Wellington Post; moved to Australia 1903; on staff The Argus, Melbourne, until 1919; m. 1900 Stella Mary Allan, journalist, dau. of Daniel Henderson, Kaiapoi, South Island, New Zealand, clerk; d. at Armadale, New South Wales, Australia 2 Feb 1922.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.