Benjamin Allen (MP)

Benjamin Allen (c. 1732 – October 1791) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1781.

Allen was the son of John Allen MD and FRS, of Bridgwater. He attended school in Bridgwater before being admitted, age 19, to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1751.[1] He entered Middle Temple in 1749 and was called to the bar in 1754.[2]

Allen became a member of the corporation of Bridgwater and after cultivating his connections was returned as Member of Parliament for Bridgwater in the 1768 general election against the powerful Poulett interest. He was returned unopposed in 1774 but had a contest in 1780. He was initially returned but was unseated on petition in 1781. He then carried on with his activities on the Bridgwater corporation.[2]

Allen died before 1792. His son Jeffreys Allen was returned as MP for Bridgwater in 1796.

References

  1. ↑ "Allen, Benjamin (ALN751B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. 1 2 "ALLEN, Benjamin (1731-91), of Bridgewater, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Viscount Perceval
The Lord Coleraine		 Member of Parliament for Bridgwater
1768–1781
With: Viscount Perceval 1768-1769
Hon. Anne Poulett 1769-1781		 Succeeded by
Hon. Anne Poulett
John Acland



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