Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen, LLD (17 September 1685 – 5 December 1742), was an

Irish peer The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five div ...

and politician. He was the son of The 1st Viscount Allen, and succeeded to his father's titles on 8 November 1726. Between 1709 and 1727, he represented Kildare County in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fr ...

Family

The future Lord Allen married Margaret du Pass on 18 November 1707. They had seven children, of whom at least three died young. They included: * John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (b. bef. 1708 – 25 May 1745) *Elizabeth, married 1750 John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort *Frances, married 1758

William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven William Mayne, 1st Baron Newhaven PC (1722 – 28 May 1794), known as Sir William Mayne, Bt, between 1763 and 1776, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1790. Early life Mayne was the eldest son of ...

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1685 births 1742 deaths Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1715–1727 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Irish House of Lords Joshua 2 {{Ireland-viscount-stub