Captain John Allen, 4th Viscount Allen (b. bef. 1726 – 10 November 1753), was an
Irish peer
The peerage of Ireland consists of those Peerage, titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lordship of Ireland, Lord or Monarchy of Ireland, King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great B ...
and politician.
He was the son of Hon. Richard A. Allen and Dorothy Green, and grandson of
John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen
Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen, (13 February 1660 – 8 November 1726), was an Irish peerage, Irish peer and politician.
He was born in Dublin, the son of Sir Joshua Allen, and educated at Trinity College Dublin."Alumni Dublinenses: a r ...
. Allen sat as
member of parliament (MP) for
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...
from 1742 until 1745, when he succeeded his cousin as
Viscount Allen
Viscount Allen, in the County of Kildare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 28 August 1717 for John Allen, who had earlier represented County Dublin, County Carlow and County Wicklow in the Irish House of Commons. He was ma ...
on the latter's death.
Allen never married and, on his death, his titles passed to his younger brother.
1753 deaths
Irish MPs 1727–1760
Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies
Year of birth uncertain
Members of the Irish House of Lords
John 4
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