Thomas Allen
1813–92
Barrister. Pupil at Shrewsbury School, 1824–31. BA, Oxford (Balliol), 1835; entered Lincoln’s Inn, 1838; moved to the Inner Temple and was called to the bar, 1841. A second cousin of Emma Darwin. Probably the boy ‘Allan’ entertained at The Mount by CD’s sisters in 1825.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Catherine and Susan Darwin, 4 December [1825]
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 20 November 2014)
Healey 2001 (Allen family tree)
Basil H. J. Hughes, Pembrokeshire gazetteer, www.cenquest.co.uk/basil.htm, s.v. Carew (accessed 20 November 2014)
Men-at-the-bar
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Healey, Edna. 2001. Emma Darwin: the inspirational wife of a genius. London: Headline Book Publishing.
Men-at-the-bar: Men-at-the-bar: a biographical hand-list of the members of the various inns of court, including Her Majesty’s judges, etc. By Joseph Foster. London: Reeves & Turner. 1885.
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