John Allen (25 May 1810 - 13 December 1886)Obituary. The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 17, 1886; pg. 7; Issue 31945 was Archdeacon of Salop from 15 December 1847 until 23 March 1886.Shropshire Parish registers. Diocese of Lichfield. Phillimore, W.P.W. (Ed) Lichfield, Shropshire Parish Register Society, 1913
Allen was born at Burton, Pembrokeshire where his father was the rector. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.Venn, John & Venn, John Archibald. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Cambridge University Press Part I vol. i p37 He was ordained in 1834 and became a Lecturer at King's College London. In 1846, he became Vicar of Prees, a post he held until 1883.
He shared a great-grandfather with Emma Darwin. Through his daughter Grace, he was the grandfather of Selwyn MacGregor Grier and Lynda Grier.
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