Baron Allen of Hurtwood
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The Right Honourable The Lord Allen of Hurtwood |
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| Chairman of the Independent Labour Party | |
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In office 1922–1926 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Collingham Wallhead |
| Succeeded by | James Maxton |
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9 May 1889 Newport, Wales |
| Died | 3 March 1939 (aged 49) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independent Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge. |
Reginald Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (9 May 1889 – 3 March 1939), known as Clifford Allen, was a British politician, leading member of the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and prominent pacifist.
The son of Walter Allen, Reginald Clifford Allen was born in Newport, then in Monmouthshire in Wales. The family later moved to Bristol, on account of Walter's business. Allen was educated at University College, Bristol and later at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Shortly after coming down from Cambridge with a third, he was made Secretary and then General Manager of the Daily Citizen between 1911 and 1915. He was Chairman of the No-Conscription Fellowship in the First World War, and was imprisoned as a conscientious objector three times. After the war he was Treasurer and Chairman of the Independent Labour Party between 1922 and 1926, Chairman of the New Leader between 1922 and 1926 and director of the Daily Herald between 1925 and 1930.
He was raised to the peerage as Baron Allen of Hurtwood, of Hurtwood in the County of Surrey, on 18 January 1932, to boost Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's National Labour representation in the House of Lords. In 1934 he co-founded the Next Five Years Group seeking a progressive centre-left re-alignment in British politics.
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