John Hensleigh Allen was the Whig member of parliament for Pembroke elected at the 1818 United Kingdom general election until the 1826 United Kingdom general election.
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom, High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire
Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
Born
August 29, 1769
Died
April 12, 1843
Overview
John Hensleigh Allen (29 August 1769 – 12 April 1843) was the Whig member of parliament for Pembroke elected at the 1818 United Kingdom general election until the 1826 United Kingdom general election.
He was the son of John Bartlett Allen (1733–1792) a local landowner and colliery owner and his first wife Elizabeth Hensleigh. He had 9 sisters, and his brothers-in-law included Josiah Wedgwood II, Sir James Mackintosh (both Whig MPs), John Wedgwood the horticulturist and Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi the historian.
He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, following his elder brother Lancelot Baugh Allen.
He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1809.
