Talk:1840 Birmingham by-election

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"Mr. Allen, the Whig"[edit]

Who was the man The Spectator calls "Mr. Allen, the Whig"? I surmise Robert Allen, a Town Councillor who was made Serjeant-at-law in 1846 and stood in the 1847 election. Other Allens mentioned in "Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871" are

J. R. Allen, temperance ally of George Dawson and co-founder in 1846 of the Birmingham Clerks' Association and Birmingham Mercantile and Literary Institute
W. S. Allen, of the 1851 Kossuth Committee
"Mr. Allen", principal vocalist at an 1846 concert.

jnestorius^(talk) 15:22, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]