ALLEN, JOHN, brother of William Allen (adm. 1814, qv); b. 25 May 1810; adm. 4 Oct 1823; KS 1824; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1828, adm. pens. 16 May 1828, scholar 1829, matr. Mich. 1828; BA 1832; MA 1835; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1833, priest 21 Dec 1834 (both London); mathematical lecturer, King’s Coll. London 1832-9, chaplain 1833-46; one of the three original Inspectors of Schools 1839-46; Vicar of Prees, Shropshire 1846-83; Prebendary of Lichfield 1848-59; Archdeacon of Salop 1847-86; Master of St. John’s Hospital, Lichfield, from 8 July 1883; edited Cudworth’s Treatise of Freewill, 1838; m. 31 Jul 1834 Harriet, dau. of James White Higgins, Hormead Bury, Herts., land surveyor; d. 13 Dec 1886.
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