Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H — John Shaqi
Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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ALLEN, REV. HUGH. _b._ Cork July 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub.;
scholar 1834, B.A. 1835, M.A., B.D. and D.D. 1861; minister of an
episcopal chapel at Douglas, Isle of Man, Aug. 1835; C. of St.
John’s ch. Bury, Lancs. 1838–48; Inc. of St. Jude’s Whitechapel
1848–59; lecturer of St. Olave’s, Old Jewry 1856–59; R. of St.
George the Martyr Southwark 1859 to death; edited the _London
Messenger_ 1862. _d._ 231 New Kent road, London 20 June 1877.
NOTE.—He was the Sunday afternoon lecturer at church of St.
George-in-the-East, London where disturbances began 21 Aug.
1859 in consequence of the Rector the Rev. Bryan King adopting
an elaborate ritual and refusing to allow time for the
lecture, the riots lasted till 25 June 1860.
ALLEN, JAMES BAYLIS. _b._ Birmingham 18 April 1803; employed by W.
and E. Finden, engravers in London 1824; engraved many of Turner’s
water colour drawings 1830–45, and many large views for the Art
Journal. _d._ Camden Town, London 11 Jany. 1876.
ALLEN, JAMES MOUNTFORD (_son of Rev. John Allen, V. of Bleddington,
Gloucs._) _b._ Crewkerne, Somerset 14 Aug. 1809; an architect in
London to 1856, at Crewkerne 1856 to death; built many churches,
rectory houses and schools. _d._ 27 Feb. 1883.
ALLEN, JAMES PEARCE. Spent 5 years in India 1836–41; a publisher in
London 1855 to death. _d._ Grove lodge, Clapham Common 2 Nov. 1878
in 61 year.
ALLEN, JOHN (_elder son of Admiral John Carter Allen who d. 2 Oct.
1800_). _b._ 1774; captain R.N. 29 April 1802; admiral on h. p. 30
July 1852. _d._ Torpoint near Plymouth 4 June 1853.
ALLEN, JOHN. _b._ Dublin; a woollen draper at 36 College green;
committed to Tower of London on a charge of high treason 6 March
1798, tried at Maidstone 21 and 22 May 1798 when acquitted; an
associate of Robert Emmett in the insurrection of 23 July 1803;
fled to France and became sous-lieutenant in the army Dec. 1803;
led the storming party at capture of Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain 10
July 1810; chef de bataillon March 1814; retired on half pay after
the Irish regiment was disbanded Sep. 1815; lived at Tours then at
Caen. _d._ Caen 10 Feb. 1855. _R. R. Madden’s The united Irishmen,
3rd series iii_, 135–39 (1846); _Howell’s State Trials xxvi_,
1193–1432 (1819), and _xxvii_, 1–142 (1820).
ALLEN, JOHN. _b._ Liskeard, Cornwall 26 Sep. 1790; author of _State
churches and the kingdom of Christ_ 1853; _History of the borough
of Liskeard and its vicinity_ 1856. _d._ Liskeard 15 Feb. 1859.
_Annual Monitor for 1860_ _pp._ 3–26.
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