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ALLEN, JOSHUA WILLIAM, 6TH VISCOUNT ALLEN (I), only son of Joshua Allen, 5th Viscount Allen (I) MP, Lieut. -Col. 1st Foot Guards, and Frances, eldest dau. of Gaynor Barry, Doomstown, co. Meath; b.; adm. 19 Jan 1798 (Clapham); left Lady Day 1800; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1801, aged 18; MA 1804; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 6 Feb 1805; Lieut. and Capt. 31 May 1810; Capt. 69th Foot 9 Apr 1812; 7th Garrison Batt. 1814; retd. Sep 1825; served in Peninsular War; succ. father as 6th Viscount Allen (I) 1 Feb 1816; d. unm. at Gibraltar 21 Sep 1845.

ALLEN, LANCELOT BAUGH, brother of John Hensleigh Allen (qv); b. 1 Jan 1774; adm. 9 Jun 1784; KS 1789; Capt. of the School 1793; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1794, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1794; not admitted scholar as refused to take statutable oath, and did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 May 1798, called to bar 12 May 1803; adm. Inner Temple 21 Jun 1819; Warden of Dulwich Coll. 1805-11, Master 1811-20; secured Desenfans collection of pictures for Dulwich Coll.; Police Magistrate, Union Hall, Southwark 1819-25; a Clerk of the Petty Bag, Chancery, from 11 Dec 1824; one of the Six Clerks in Chancery 19 Aug 1825-42, when the office was abolished; Savoy Steward for Duchy of Lancaster from 6 May 1834; m. 1st, 22 May 1820 Caroline Jane, eldest dau. of Thomas Peter Romilly, Dulwich; m. 2nd, 29 Jul 1841 Georgiana Sarah, eldest dau. of Charles Nathaniel Bayly (qv); d. 28 Oct 1845.

Allen, Morris Anthony Vermont, son of Vernon Allen, civil engineer, by Mariette Louise, daughter of Thomas Robert Bent Vermont, of Jamaica, sugar planter; b. June 5, 1875; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (H); left July 1894; became a sugar planter in Malaya and later entered the Malay Civil Service, retiring as Warden of Mines, Selangor, in 1929; m. July 3, 1907, Ada Buckley, daughter of Lieut. Henry Charles Carey, H. M. Indian Navy; d. Jan. 15, 1952.

ALLEN, PETER; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student, Tutor; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; ordained; Rector of Stoke Talmage, Oxfordshire 1666; lic. to m. 10 Aug 1666 Frances Barker, Oxford; d. 15 Sep 1667.

Allen, Philip John, son of Rev. Solomon Wall Allen, Chaplain to Central Lond. District Sch., Hanwell, and Clara Beckett, d. of Henry George Gervase Cutler of Brixham, S. Devon; b. 5 Nov. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (KS); left July 1920; Univ. of Lond., BSc 1923; AMIMechE 1934, MIMechE 1968; staff of Crown Agents for Overseas Govts and Administrations, MBE 1957, retd 1967; m. 1st 18 Feb. 1928 Grace Brenda, d. of Alfred William Arthurton, railway officer; 2nd 4 Oct 1957 Helen, d. of Howarth Barnes, electrical engineer; d. May 1992.

Allen, Sir William Kenneth Gwynne, son of Harold Gwynne Allen (qv); b. 23 May. 1907; adm. Sept. 1921 (R); left Apr. 1925; Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland; engineering pupil Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow and Belfast; subsequently W. H. Allen Sons & Co., Bedford, dir. 1937-70, man. dir. 1946-70, chairman 1955-70; chairman Amalg. Power Engineering 1968-70; FIMarE, MRINA; pres. Engineering Employers' Fedn 1962-4; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Company of Shipwrights; Beds CC 1945-55, High Sheriff 1958-9; Kt 1961; DL (Beds) 1978; m. 1 July 1931 Eleanor Mary, d. of Henry Eeles, shipbuilder, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. 4 Apr. 2000.

ALLEN, WILLIAM, son of Mundeford Allen, London, and Frances Weston, Norfolk Street, London; b. Dec 1773; adm. 3 Jun 1785; KS (aged 15) 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1793, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 2 May 1794, matr. Mich. 1793; BA 1797; MA 1800; ordained deacon (Norwich) 12 Mar 1797, priest 1 Apr 1798; Vicar of Narburgh with Narford, Norfolk, from 31 Oct 1799; d. 31 May 1864. [note will Mundeford Allen, Queen Square, Middlesex, merchant, proved PCC 27 Jun 1775]

ALLEN, WILLIAM, son of William Allen, Hubberston, Pembs.; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1736 (Preston's); left 1739; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Nov 1739, aged 16.

ALLESTRY, JAMES, son of James Allestry, bookseller, London; b. 1653; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1667; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1672, matr. 3 Jul 1672, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1672; BA 1676; MA 1679 (incorp. at Camb. 1680); Music Reader 1679; Terrae Filius 1682; philologist and poet; principal contributor to Verses and Pastoral spoken before James, Duke of York, 21 May 1681, and published in Examen Poeticum, 1693; d. 15 Oct 1686, “of the French pox”. DNB, s. v. Jacob Allestry. [Perhaps bapt. St. Augustine, Watling Street 13 Apr 1654, son of James Allistraw (sic), and Ruth --- (IGI)]

ALLETT (or ALLEN), RICHARD, a native of Staffordshire; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1564, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1571; BA 18 Feb 1568/9; adm. Gray’s Inn 1571.