Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton, son of Rev. Roland Allen, Vicar of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks, and Mary Beatrice, d. of Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton KCB; b. 14 Nov. 1904; adm. from Marlborough Coll. Sept. 1920 (A); left July 1923; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1923, BA 1929, MA 1932; Superintendent of Education Tanganyika Territory 1929, asst DO 1937, DO 1942; Political Officer Aden 1947, Dep. Brit. Agent Western Aden Protectorate 1948; DO Tanganyika 1953-4; Warden Univ. Hall Makerere Coll. Kampala 1958; res. Fellow in Swahili, Univ. Coll. of Dar-es-Salaam 1965; author of various works on the Swahili language; m. 29 Sept. 1930 Winifred Ethel Emma, d. of Hubert Brooke of Mexico City; d. 6 Apr. 1979.
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