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Benjamin Allen (other)
Benjamin or Ben Allen may refer to: * Benjamin Allen (British politician) (c. 1742–1791), British Member of Parliament for Bridgewater * Benjamin Allen (clergyman) (1789–1829), American Episcopal clergyman * Benjamin Allen (Wisconsin politician) (1807–1873), American lawyer, Civil War officer, and Wisconsin politician * Benjamin F. Allen (1817–?), American lawyer and politician in the Florida House of Representatives * Benjamin Allen (Canadian politician) (1830–1912), Canadian politician and retail merchant * Benjamin Dwight Allen (1831–1914), American composer and organist * Benjamin Allen (cartoonist) (1903–1971), American cartoonist * Benjamin J. Allen (born 1947), American economist and university administrator * Ben Allen (California politician) (born 1978), American lawyer and politician * Ben H. Allen, American record producer, mixer, and songwriter See also * Ben Allan Benjamin Thomas Allan (born 15 October 1968) is a former Australian rules footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Allen (British Politician)
Benjamin Allen (c. 1732 – October 1791) was an English barrister who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1781. Allen was the son of John Allen MD FRS, of Bridgwater. He attended school in Bridgwater before in 1751 being admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, aged nineteen. He entered the Middle Temple in 1749 and was called to the bar in 1754. Allen became a member of the corporation of Bridgwater and after cultivating his connections was returned as one of the two Members of Parliament for Bridgwater in the 1768 general election against the powerful Poulett interest. He was returned unopposed in 1774, but had a contest in 1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow .... He was initially returned, but was unseated on an election petition in 1781. He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Allen (clergyman)
Benjamin Allen (September 29, 1789 – ) was an American Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal clergyman. Benjamin Allen was born on September 29, 1789, in Hudson, New York. He was educated a Presbyterianism, Presbyterian, but united with the Episcopal church and became a Licensed lay minister, lay reader, laboring among the African-American population of Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston, Va.; then a deacon, and in 1818 a priest. He published in 1815 the weekly ''Layman's Magazine'', and in 1820 an abridgment of Gilbert Burnet, Burnet's ''History of the Reformation''. In 1821 he was chosen rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia. In 1827 he established a printing-house for the publication of tracts and printing of prayer-books. He published ''Christ and Him Crucified'' and ''Living Manners'', a tale (1822); ''History of the Church of Christ'' (1823–'24); ''The Parent's Counsellor, a Narrative of the Newton Family'', and a "Sketch of the Life of Joseph Pilmore, Dr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |