James Allen (priest, Born 1802)
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James Allen (15 July 1802 – 26 June 1897) was an Anglican clergyman, the second
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of
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. Allen was born in Burton, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at
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, Charterhouse and
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, graduating in 1825. He was
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of Castlemartin from 1839 to 1872, and a
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at
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before his elevation to the
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He died on 26 June 1897 at
St David's St Davids or St David's (, ,  "Saint David, David's Welsh toponymy, house”) is a St David's Cathedral, cathedral City status in the United Kingdom, city in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies on the River Alun, Pembrokeshire, River Alun and is ...
.THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. ''
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'' (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443. Venn's ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'' gives his day of death as 25 June.


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1802 births People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Welsh Anglicans Deans of St Davids 1897 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub