William Shepherd Allen
| William Shepherd Allen | |
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W. S. Allen 1912
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| Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme |
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In office 1865–1886 |
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| Preceded by |
William Murray William Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Harry Coghill |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Te Aroha |
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In office 1890–1891 |
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| Preceded by | new constituency |
| Succeeded by | William Fraser |
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| Born | 22 June 1831 Manchester, England |
| Died | 15 January 1915 (aged 83) Cheadle, Staffordshire |
| Resting place | St Giles the Abbot's Churchyard, Cheadle |
| Political party | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Relations | John Candlish (father-in-law) |
| Children |
William Allen Elizabeth Candlish Allen John Candlish Allen Maria Shepherd Allen Thomas Shepherd Allen Robert Candlish Allen Stephen Shepherd Allen Mary Esther Allen Paul Henry Allen Alice Barbara Allen |
| Residence | Woodhead Hall, Cheadle Annandale near Morrinsville, New Zealand |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Religion | Methodist |
William Shepherd Allen (22 June 1831 – 15 January 1915) was an English Liberal politician, who also farmed in New Zealand and who was briefly an MP in that country.
Allen was born at Manchester, the son of William Allen and his wife Maria Shepherd. His father was JP for Staffordshire, residing at Woodhead Hall,Cheadle. Allen was educated at Wadham College, Oxford. He graduated with a BA in law and history in 1854, and an MA in 1857.
In 1869, Allen married Elizabeth Penelope Candlish, the daughter of John Candlish MP for Sunderland. Their eldest son William was later MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Another son, Colonel Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen, (1882–1964) was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, local body politician, and Mayor of Morrinsville. He served in World War I and in the Territorial Army, and was Administrator of the colony of Western Samoa (now Samoa) 1928-31.
He was a devout Methodist and wrote several religious papers.
Allen was elected as MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1865. He held the seat until 1886. In later life he shared his time between Woodhead Hall in England and his property Annandale near Morrinsville in New Zealand.
In 1890 he was elected MP for Te Aroha in New Zealand, but his election was disallowed on petition by William Fraser in 1891. The judges disqualified Allen from standing in the Te Aroha electorate for 12 months and he expressed disappointment that he could not contest the resulting 1891 by-election, which was won by Fraser. Allen contested the Parnell electorate in the 1893 election as an Independent, but was beaten by the incumbent, Frank Lawry, who represented the Liberal Party. His son, John Candlish Allen, was one of three candidates in Parnell in the 1899 election, but came last with Lawry at the head of the poll.
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