Frederick Hobbes Allen

Frederick Hobbes Allen (May 30, 1858 – December 3, 1937) was an American international lawyer and soldier during World War I who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age. Early life Allen was born on May 30, 1858. He was the son of Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883) and Mary Harrod Hobbes (b. 1808). His father was a former U.S. Representative from Maine who was the United States Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1850 to 1853. Elisha Hunt Allen subsequently became an official of the Hawaiian government, serving as minister from Hawaii to the United States from 1856 until his death in 1883, as well as becoming Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Kingdom. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Clesson Allen (1772–1842), a lawyer who was Senator from Massachusetts, and his maternal grandfather was Frederick Hobbs, a former Maine legislator. He was descended from Edward Allen, who came to Colonial America in 1661, and settled at Northfield, Massachusetts. His father was sent to Hawaii by President Zachary Taylor to obtain a reciprocity treaty from King Kamahameha III. As his birth was only ten days after Prince Albert of Hawaii, they became close friends and spent a lot of time together. Allen graduated from Harvard Law School, where he earned an M.A. (1880) and an LL.B. (1883).