Charles Francis Egerton Allen
Charles Francis Egerton Allen was a British administrator in India who later served as Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Haverfordwest from 1892 until 1895.
Personal life
Allen was born in Agra, India, in 1847, where his father, Charles Allen, served in the Indian Civil Service. His paternal grandmother was Mary Anne Harriet, daughter of Peter Bartholomew Jullian of London. His uncle James was Dean of St Davids Cathedral.He was educated at Eton College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1870.
He married Elizabeth Georgina, daughter of William Wilcox of Whitburn, County Durham, in 1891 she died in 1934. There were no children from the marriage. He died at his home in 10 Norton, Tenby.
Career
Allen was called to the Bar in the Middle Temple in 1871 and worked as a Barrister in the North Eastern Circuit before moving back to India in 1873 where he worked as a barrister in Calcutta and Rangoon and as a minor court judge in Calcutta cases, he was the Governor's Advocate in Rangoon and the Registrar of Rangoon. He also lectured in Law at Calcutta Presidency College. He left Burma in 1888 and returned to the United Kingdom via China and Japan after spending to winters in Switzerland on medical advice. Upon his return from India, he settled at Tenby.He served as a justice of the peace for Pembrokeshire from 1895 to 1906.