Henry George Allen

Henry George Allen MA JP QC (29 July 1815 – 20 November 1908) was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. Early life and career Allen was the second son of John Hensleigh Allen of Cresselly, Pembrokeshire and his wife, Lady Gertrude Seymour, daughter of Lord Robert Seymour. His father had been MP for Pembroke and his maternal grandfather had been MP for Carmarthenshire. Allen was educated at Rugby School and at Christ Church, Oxford and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in May 1841. He was Recorder of Andover from 1859 to 1872. In 1880 he became Queen's Counsel and in 1881 a Bencher. He was JP and Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for Pembrokeshire. Parliamentary career Allen was elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke in 1880, and he held the seat until it was reorganised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. In the 1885 general election, he was elected MP for Pembroke and Haverfordwest, narrowly defeating Admiral Richard Mayne. He held the seat until he stood down at the 1886 general election.