Joshua Allen, 6th Viscount Allen explained
Joshua William Allen, 6th Viscount Allen MA (1782 – 21 September 1845), was an Irish peer and dandy.
Life
He was the son of Joshua Allen, 5th Viscount Allen. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1801.
Allen was a Guards officer in the Peninsular War, noted for his conduct at the battle of Talavera. He acquired the nickname "King" Allen.[1] He succeeded to the titles of 6th Viscount Allen, County Kildare, and 6th Baron Allen of Stillorgan, on 1 February 1816.[2]
Viscount Allen never married; and on his death his titles became extinct.[3]
Dandy
Allen was a prominent London dandy, supposed to have said that "the English could make nothing well but a kitchen poker".[4] At White's, he succeeded to the bow window place of honour, once occupied by Beau Brummell, after William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley.[5]
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Notes and References
- Book: Cokayne . George Edward . The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom: Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant . 1910 . St. Catherine Press, Limited . 111 note. I . en.
- Book: Debrett . John . The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland: In Two Volumes. Scotland and Ireland . 1822 . F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Churchyard and Waterloo Place . 1109. II . en.
- Book: Cokayne . George Edward . Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant . 1887 . G. Bell & sons . 72. I . Cokayne . en.
- Book: Fitzgerald . Percy . The Life of George the Fourth, Including His Letters and Opinions: With a View of the Men, Manners, and Politics of His Reign . 1881 . Harper & Brothers . 664. I . en.
- Book: Erbe . Günter . Dandys-- Virtuosen der Lebenskunst: eine Geschichte des mondänen Lebens . 2002 . Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar . 978-3-412-05602-5 . 56 . de.
