John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen

Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen PC (13 February 1660 – 8 November 1726) was an Irish peer and politician.

He was the son of Sir Joshua Allen.

In 1691 he was appointed High Sheriff of County Dublin and then represented Dublin County as an MP three times, from 1692 to 1693, from 1703 to 1713 and from 1715 to 1717. Allen sat also as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carlow County between 1795 and 1703 and then for Wicklow County between 1713 and 1715. On 28 August 1717, he was created Baron Allen, of Stillorgan, in County Dublin, and Viscount Allen in County Kildare.

He married Mary FitzGerald, daughter of Hon. Robert FitzGerald, son of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Jane Boyle, on 23 July 1684. They had two children:

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    Parliament of Ireland
    Preceded by
    Patriot Parliament
    Member of Parliament for Dublin County
    1692–1695
    With: Chambre Brabazon
    Succeeded by
    Robert Molesworth
    Edward Deane
    Preceded by
    Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt
    John Trench
    Member of Parliament for Carlow County
    1695–1703
    With: Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt
    Succeeded by
    Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt
    Pierce Butler
    Preceded by
    Robert Molesworth
    Edward Deane
    Member of Parliament for Dublin County
    1703–1713
    With: Joseph Deane
    Succeeded by
    Chaworth Brabazon, Lord Brabazon
    Joseph Deane
    Preceded by
    William Whitshed
    Richard Edwards
    Member of Parliament for Wicklow County
    1713–1715
    With: William Whitshed
    Succeeded by
    Henry Percy
    Robert Allen
    Preceded by
    Chaworth Brabazon, Lord Brabazon
    Joseph Deane
    Member of Parliament for Dublin County
    1715–1717
    With: Hon. Edward Brabazon
    Succeeded by
    Hon. Edward Brabazon
    William Domvile
    Peerage of Ireland
    New creation Viscount Allen
    1717–1726
    Succeeded by
    Joshua Allen
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