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:

• Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen (1685–1742)
• Hon. Richard A. Allen b. bet. 1687 - 1697

References

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