Thomas Allen (Cavalier)

Sir Thomas Allen DL, JP (24 April 1603 – 18 August 1681)[1] was an English politician, Royalist and lawyer.

Biography

Allen was the only son of Edward Allen, a London fishmonger, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Bennett.[2] He was educated at Gray's Inn and then at St John's College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1622 and a Master of Arts in 1626.[2]

Allen became a governor of Barnet Grammar School in 1634 and was knighted in 1639.[2] During the English Civil War, he was first Commissioner for Assessment, then of Array.[2] After The Restoration he served as Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer for London and Middlesex in 1660, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace of the latter county a year later.[2] In 1661, Allen entered the English House of Commons, sitting for Middlesex until 1679.[1]

Allen died in 1681 and was buried in Finchley.[2]

Family

In 1627, Allen married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir John Weld, and had by her seven daughters and six sons.[2]

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References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Middlesex". Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  2. Henning, Basil Duke (1983). The House of Commons, 1660-1690. vol. I. London: Secker & Warburg. pp. 528–529. ISBN 0-436-19274-8.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Lancelot Lake
Sir William Waller		 Member of Parliament for Middlesex
1661–1679
With: Sir Lancelot Lake		 Succeeded by
Sir Robert Peyton
Sir William Roberts, Bt
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