Sir Robert Andrew Allison (3 March 1838 – 15 January 1926) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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from 1885 to 1900. Allison was the son of Joseph Allison of Eden Morent

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and his wife Jane Andrew. He was educated at

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and at

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. He was a director of the

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. In

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, he was elected as MP for Eskdale and held the seat until

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Cumberland and was

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in 1908. He was knighted in 1910. Allison was the author of several worksNew General Catalog of Old Books and Authors – Author names starting with Alf – Aln
/ref> including *''Essays and Addresses'' 1913 *''Belgium in History'' 1914 *''Cicero in Old Age'' 1916 *''Translations into English Verse ..Greek Anthology'' 1922 Allison lived at Scaleby Hall, Carlisle, where he died at the age of 87. Allison married Laura Alicia Milner Atkinson in 1867 as his first wife.

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1838 births 1926 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Deputy Lieutenants of Cumberland High Sheriffs of Cumberland {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub