Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen, (13 February 1660 – 8 November 1726), was an

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and politician. He was born in

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, the son of Sir Joshua Allen, and educated at

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Thomas Ulick Sadleir Thomas Ulick Sadleir (15 September 1882 – 21 December 1957) was an Irish genealogist and heraldic expert. He was successively registrar of the Order of St Patrick, Deputy Ulster King of Arms and Acting Ulster King of Arms. Career Sadleir's fi ...

p10: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 In 1691 he was appointed

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and then represented

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as an MP three times, from 1692 to 1693, from 1703 to 1713 and from 1715 to 1717. Allen sat also as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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between 1795 and 1703 and then for

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between 1713 and 1715. On 28 August 1717, he was created Baron Allen, of

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, in

, and Viscount Allen in

County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...

Family

He married Mary FitzGerald, daughter of Hon. Robert FitzGerald, son of The 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Jane Boyle, on 23 July 1684. They had three children: *

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

(1685–1742) *Hon. Richard A. Allen b. bet. 1687 – 1697, died 1745; he married Dorothy Greene, daughter of Major Samuel Greene of Killaghy,

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, and had issue, including the 4th and 5th Viscounts *Hon. Robert Allen (died 1741): he married Frances Johnson, daughter of

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, Baron of the

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and Margaret Dixon of

Calverstown Calverstown () is a small village in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It lies south of the town of Kilcullen and about from each of the towns of Athy, Kildare, Naas and Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge. It is an old settlement ...

, County Kildare, and had five children, including two surviving daughters, Mary and Frances.

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