Richard Alleyn (April 29, 1835 – August 16, 1883)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/243369252/richard-alleyn was an Irish-born lawyer, judge, educator and political figure in Quebec. He represented Québec-Ouest in the

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from 1877 to 1878 as a Conservative. He was born in

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, County Cork, the son of Richard Israël Alleyn and Margaret O'Donovan, and came to Lower Canada with his family in 1838. Alleyn was educated at the

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and the Université Laval. He was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1857 and set up a practice at Quebec City with

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. He was crown attorney there for several years. Alleyn served on the municipal council from 1863 to 1865. In 1873, he was named Queen's Counsel. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1877 by-election but was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1878. Alleyn became a professor of criminal law at Université Laval in 1878. In 1881, he was named judge in the

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for Rimouski district. Alleyn served as an officer in the militia, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was married twice: to Louisa Joséphine Lindsay in 1865 and to Catherine-Louise-Josephte, the daughter of

Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry (March 26, 1818 – December 19, 1880) was a Quebec seigneur, lawyer and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Lauzon division from 1871 to 1876 and also represented ...

, in 1877. He died in Rimouski at the age of 48. His brother Charles Joseph served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada and was mayor of Quebec City.

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Richard Alleyn, Ville de Montréal
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alleyn, Richard 1835 births 1883 deaths Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Judges in Quebec Politicians from County Cork Politicians from Quebec City Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Anglophone Quebec people Academic staff of Université Laval Université Laval alumni