Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen (1867 – 2 May 1925) was an English

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politician. He sat in the

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from 1897 to 1906.

Life

He was son of Henry Christian Allhusen. Born in

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, he was educated at

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and at

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(matriculated 1887, B.A. 1890). He was commissioned in 1900 as a

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in the 1st Newcastle upon Tyne (Western division, Royal Garrison Artillery)

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and later served as a lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Bucks Regiment of Yeomanry and as a

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for

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. He was elected at a by-election in January 1897 as the

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(MP) for

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, following the resignation of the Conservative MP Edward Hulse. He did not contest Salisbury at the 1900 general election, when he was elected as the MP for

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. He was defeated at the 1906 general election, and did not stand again. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of

in January 1897, and was

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in 1913.

Family

In 1897 he married Mary Dorothy Osma, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Constantine Stanley and his wife Susan Elizabeth Mary Stewart-Mackenzie, a hostess and politician better known under her later name as Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allhusen, Augustus Henry Eden 1867 births 1925 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire Hackney Members of Parliament High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire People educated at Cheltenham College Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry officers UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Volunteer Force officers