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 ALLOA COMPLETE PEERAGE iii IV. 1745. 4. John (Allen), Viscount Allen, ^c. [I.], cousin and h. male, (") being s. and h. of the Hon. Richard A. (3rd and yst. s. of the ist Viscount), by Dorothy, da. and coh. of Major Samuel Green, of Killaghy, co. Tipperary. He was Capt. of a troop of horse ; M.P. for co. Wicklow 1742-45. He took his seat in the House of Lords [I.] 9 Oct. 1745. After taking an active part against the Govern- ment, he retired from public life, and lived secluded at Punchestown, CO. Kildare. He d. unm., 10 Nov. 1753, " at his seat near Naas, in Ireland. " Will pr. 1754. V. 1753. 5. Joshua (Allen), Viscount Allen Cffc, [1.], br. and h., ^ 26 Apr. 1728, took his seat 26 Nov. 1753. Capt. 37th Regt., under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, during the campaigns of 1758-60 ; was wounded at Minden in 1759. Capt. i st Regt. of Foot Guards, 1763-75. M.P. for Eye, Suffolk, 1762-70. Obtained a pension of ;^ 600 a year in 1770. He ;«., 5 Aug. 1781, in Dublin, Frances, istda. of Gaynor Barry, of Dormstown, co. Meath, by Anne, da. of the Rev. Richard Richards, Rector of Killany, co. Monaghan. He d. i Feb. 18 16, in Merrion Sq., Dublin. His widow d. in Lower Grosvenor Str., 11, and was bur. 20 Aug. 1833, at St. James's, Westm., aged 74. Will pr. Aug. 1833. VI. 1 8 16 6. Joshua William (Allen), Viscount Allen and to Baron Allen of Stillorgan [I.], only s. and h. 1845. Matric. Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 22 Oct. 1801, aged 18 ; M.A. 13 June 1804. He served under Wellington in the Peninsula, as an officer of the Guards. He d. unm., 21 Sep. i845,aged 64, at Gibraltar, and was bur, there, when his honours became extinct. (*) ALLESBOROUGH see AYLESBOROUGH ALLINGTON See " Welby of Allington, co. Lincoln," Barony (fVelby), cr. 1 894. ALLOA Alloa, Ferriton and Forest, Barony [S.], cr. 22 Oct. 17 15 with the Dukedom of Mar [S.], by the titular King James 111. See Mar, Earl- dom of [S.]. (") Much of the family property was inherited by the 2 sisters and coheirs of the 3rd Viscount. See Carysfort and Newhaven. (*") He distinguished himself by his dashing conduct as a subaltern at Talavera, and was known among his own generation as ' King Allen. ' Some curious anecdotes of the eccentricities, fafc, of this Nobleman are given in Burke's Romance of the Aristocracy, 1855, vol. i, p. 305, i3c. "A penniless Lord and Irish pensioner, well behaved, and not encumbered with too much principle. " (T. Creevey, Oct. 1834.) V.G.