Allenby Explained

Allenby is a surname of English origin.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861–1936), British Army field-marshal
- Named after Edmund Allenby:
  - Viscount Allenby, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
  - Allenby Street, Tel Aviv, Israel
  - Allenby Bridge between Jordan and West Bank.
  - Allenby Square, name given in succession to two squares in Jerusalem
  - Allenby Camp, site of a former British Army camp in Jerusalem
  - Allenby Garden in Beersheba
    - - Allenby Gardens, South Australia Foch-Allenby, neighborhood in Beirut Central District
  - Allenby, British Columbia, Canada (adjacent Allenby Lake was named for the town, not Lord Allenby)
  - Allenby Junior public school, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relatives of Edmund Allenby
  - Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby (1903–1984), British soldier, nephew of Edmund Allenby
  - Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby (1931–2014), British soldier, son of Dudley Allenby
Braden Allenby (born 1950), American environmental scientist
Cecil Allenby (1873–1932), English cricketer
Jim Allenby (born 1982), Australian cricketer
Kate Allenby (born 1974), British modern pentathlete
Nicholas Allenby SSM (1909-1995), Anglican bishop in Malaysia
Peggy Allenby (1901–1966), American silent film, television and radio actress
Robert Allenby (born 1971), Australian golfer
Allenby Chilton (1918–1996), English footballer
Allenby Beardsley, fictional character in Japanese anime television series Mobile Fighter G Gundam

A common variant is "Allanby":

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