Henry Allon (1818–1892) was an

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Life

He was born on 13 October 1818 at Welton,

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, near Hull, in

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. Under

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influence Henry Allon decided to enter the ministry, but, developing

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ideas, was trained at

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and became closely associated with the Union Chapel in

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. For a short while, he was co-pastor at the Union Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Lewis (1844–1852), but thereafter sole pastor for forty years (1852–92). During this time he gained considerable influence amongst metropolitan Congregationalists and secured the funds required for an ambitious rebuilding programme at the Union Chapel, between 1874 and 1890, from designs by

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of the ''

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'', and in 1877, the sole editor of that journal for another ten years. He published ''Memoir of the Rev. J. Sherman'' in 1863, ''Life of William Ellis'' in 1873, and sermons on ''The Vision of God'' in 1876. Only one hymn is attributed to him, ''Low in Thine Agony'' (1868), but he published numerous musical compilations, and his son,

Henry Erskine Allon Henry Erskine Allon (16 October 1864 – 3 April 1897) was an English composer. Biography Henry Erskine Allon was born on 16 October 1864 to the prominent Nonconformist minister Henry Allon (1818–1892) and his wife, Eliza '' née'' Goodman ...

, was a composer (1864–97). Allon was a vice-president of the

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. He died in Islington on 16 April 1892. Allon is buried in the London Congregationalists' non-denominational garden cemetery,

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, in north

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Allon, Henry 1818 births 1892 deaths People from Elloughton-cum-Brough Burials at Abney Park Cemetery English Congregationalist ministers Clergy from Yorkshire