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ALLEN, EVANS MYNDE, only son of Richard Allen FSA, Crawley, Sussex, Serjeant at Law, and Lydia, dau. of Richard Evans MD, Ross, Herefs.; b. 6 Jul 1839; adm. 28 Feb 1853 (Scott's); Ensign, 21st Foot 25 Jun 1861; Lieut. 11 Sep 1863; Capt. 21 May 1871; retd. Sep 1871; of The Manor House, Upton Bishop, Herefs.; High Sheriff Herefordshire 1910; DL JP Herefordshire; m. 1872 Frances Maria, dau. of Rev. William Hulme, Rector of Brampton Abbots, Herefs.; d. 10 May 1912.

ALLEN, FIFIELD, son of Ralph Allen, St. Mary’s parish, Oxford, mercer; b. 12 Jan 1699; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1715; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1718, matr. 17 Jun 1718, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1718 - void 9 Nov 1737 (expiry year of grace as R. of St. Anne & St. Agnes, London), Tutor 1725-35; BA 1722; MA 29 Jan 1724/5; BD 17 Jan 1733/4; DD 18 Jan 1736/7; ordained; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire, 1730; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 Oct 1734; Rector of St. Anne and St. Agnes, Aldersgate, London, from 18 Oct 1736; Archdeacon of St. Albans 14 Oct 1738-41, Archdeacon of Middlesex from 6 May 1741; Perpetual Curate, St. Paul’s, Hammersmith, 1740-51; Rector of Gilston, Hants. [Gelston, Herts. ?] 1743-6/7; Vicar of Chigwell, Essex from 1746/7; Sub-Dean of Chapel Royal from 2 Dec 1751; editor, The Three Electras, 1729, used as a text-book at the School; lic. to m. 1st, 14 Oct 1738 Ann, sister of Charles Toll (qv); m. 2nd, 4 [or 6 (IGI)] Feb 1755 Frances Grainger, St. Bride, Fleet Street, London; d. 26 Apr 1764.

Allen, Frederick Willoughby, son of Rev. Willoughby Charles Allen, Rector of Soham Toney, Norfolk, sometime Archdeacon of Blackburn, and Catherine Ellen, d. of W. F. Green of Wroxham, Norfolk; b. 6 Mar. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (KS); left July 1927; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1939; asst master St Bees Sch. 1931, Epsom County GS 1946; RA 1942 (Capt.); m. 5 Apr. 1938 Inge Merete, d. of Carl Axel Andressen of Copenhagen; d. 23 Nov. 2004.

ALLEN, GEORGE BAUGH, eldest son of Lancelot Baugh Allen (qv) and his first wife; b. 23 Apr 1821; adm. 3 Jul 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1838, adm. pens. 28 May 1838, scholar 1839, matr. Mich. 1838; BA 1842; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1842; a certificated special pleader 1846; the last of the great special pleaders; practised in the Temple 1846-96; author with W. B. Allen of Forms of Endorsements, 1883; of Cilrhiw, Pembs.; DL Haverfordwest, JP Pembrokeshire; m. 19 May 1846 Dorothea Hannah, dau. of Roger Eaton, Parcglas, Pembs.; d. 19 Sep 1898.

Allen, George Pemberton, son of William Henry Allen, M.Inst.C.E., of Bramham, Beds, by Annie May, daughter of William Howell, of Glamorganshire; b. Sept. 17, 1872; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1888; Univ. Coll. London; F.R.I.B.A. 1919; an architect and surveyor at Bedford; m. July 5, 1911, Carol Perry, youngest daughter of William Annesley Owen, barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple, Recorder of Walsall; d. July 1956.

Allen, Harold Gwynne, brother of George Pemberton Allen (q.v.); b. March 20, 1874; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 18, 1892); B.A. 1895; M.A. 1911; A.M.I.C.E.; M.I. Mech.E.; managing director of W. H. Allen, Sons, and Co., Ltd., Queen's Engineering Works, Bedford; High Sheriff of Bedfordshire 1925; m. Oct. 20, 1903, Hilda Margaret Sophia, youngest daughter of George E. Langley, of Bedford; d. Jan. 26, 1960.

Allen, Harold Norman Gwynne, brother of Sir William Kenneth Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 30 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Apr. 1930; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1937; MIMechE 1951, MICE 1962, FEng. 1979; FICE, FIMechE, FRINA, FIMarE, FIProdE; eng. training John Samuel White & Co, Cowes, John Brown Ltd, Clydebank, and Merchant Navy, 1933-7; progressive staff appts W. H. Allen Sons & Co, chairman 1970-7; Governor Coll. of Aeronautics, Cranfield 1955-69; Charter pro-Chancellor, Cranfield Inst. of Technology 1969- 75; CBE 1965; hon. DSc Bath 1967, Cranfield 1977; DL (Beds) 1978; member Magic Circle; m. 29 Jan. 1938 Marjorie Ellen, d. of William Henry Brown of Cowes, I. of W.; d. 6 Dec. 1995.

Allen, Ian Cameron, son of George Henry Allen, barrister-at-law, and Mary Charlotte, d. of John Cameron of Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire; b. 27 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (G), KS 1924; left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932; St Thom. Hosp., MRCS LRCP 1935; practised at Framlingham, Suffolk; RAMC 1942 (Lieut.-Col.); author of several books on the history of railways in East Anglia; m. 8 Oct. 1939 Margaret, d. of Thomas Stephen Lock, engineer; d. 25 Dec. 1989.

Allen, Ian Mackenzie Stirling, son of Ernest Stirling Allen, solicitor, and Elsie Mackenzie, d. of Brig.-Surgn William Mackenzie Skues; b. 27 July 1919; adm. Jan. 1933 (B); left Dec. 1935; Poitiers Univ. 1937; Roy. Acad. of Music 1947-50; LRAM, BMus (Lond.), ARCM; a profes­sional accompanist, teacher, composer, lecturer and writer on music under the name of Ian Stirling; m. Monique Bret.

ALLEN, JOHN HENSLEIGH, elder son of John Bartlett Allen, Cresselly, Pembs., and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of John Hensleigh, Pant-teg, Pembs., attorney; b. 29 Aug 1769; adm. 31 May 1779; KS 1784; one of the contributors to the Trifler, 1788-9; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1789, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1789, scholar 23 Apr 1790, matr. Mich. 1789; BA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jun 1789, called to bar 22 Jun 1797; Oxford and South Wales circuit; of Cresselly, Pembs.; High Sheriff Pembrokeshire 1808; MP Pembroke 1818-26; Chairman, Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions; DL JP Pembrokeshire; m. 12 Nov 1812 Gertrude, youngest dau. of Lord Robert Seymour MP; d. 12 Apr 1843.