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Ralph Shuttleworth Allen                       1818-1887
Ralph was born about 1818, the son of Henry Edmund Allen and Frances Lloyd in Tours, France .
Anne Elizabeth Cunard                           1823-1862           (1st Wife)
Anne was born on 25 March 1823, the daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard, and Susan Duffus, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I have identified the following children.
  Ralph Edward Allen Born 23 Feb 1846   Nova Scotia Died 23 Feb 1910
George Cunard Born abt 1848   Yorkshire Died 17 May 1902
Fanny M. Born abt 1850   Nova Scotia  
Henry Born abt 1852   Bath  
Philip Born abt 1853   Brighton  

Birth of Parents
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen b: abt 1818         Tours, France
son of Henry Edmund Allen and Frances Lloyd

Anne Elizabeth Cunard b: 25 Mar 1823         Nova Scotia, Canada
daughter of Sir Samuel Cunard, and Susan Duffus

Marriage
abt 1844
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen
Anne Elizabeth Cunard

Children
Ralph Edward Allen b: 23 Feb 1846               Nova Scotia, Canada
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Anne Elizabeth Cunard     Died 23 Feb 1910, Luxor
George Cunard Allen b: abt 1848               Yorkshire       1848 3Q Sculcoates 22 529
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Anne Elizabeth Cunard     Died 17 May 1902, New York
Fanny M.. Allen b: abt 1850               Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
daughter of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Anne Elizabeth Cunard
Henry Allen b: abt 1852               Hampton, Somerset       1852 1Q Bath 5c 700
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Anne Elizabeth Cunard
Philip Allen b: abt 1853               Brighton, Sussex       1853 3Q Brighton 2b 144
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Anne Elizabeth Cunard

1861 Census RG9-552 8 April 1861 Cheriton, Kent
4 Wellington Terrace
Ralph S. Allen
Anne E. (Wife)
Ralph E.
George C.
Fanny M.
Henry
Philip
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 43
Age 34
Age 15
Age 15
Age 10
Age 9
Age 7 		Landed Propritor

Scholar
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Ferrisby

Hampton
Brighton 		France
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Yorkshire
Nova Scotia
Somerset
Sussex 		abt 1818
25 Mar 1823
23 Feb 1846
abt 1848
abt 1850
abt 1852
abt 1853

Death
Anne Elizabeth (Cunard) Allen Died 13 Oct 1862       1862 1Q Macclesfield 8a 98

The Times, Friday, Oct 17, 1862                         Death
  On the 13th Inst., at Bath, Annie, the beloved wife of Major Ralph S. Allen, of Bathampton.


Augusta Ethelreda "Ethel" Allen               1839-1896           (2nd Wife)
Ethel was born about 1839, the daughter of John Roy Allen and Lydia Augusta Watson, at Milverton, Somerset.
I have identified the following children.
Gertrude Born abt 1865   Bath  
Mabel Born abt 1866   Bathampton  
Florence Born abt 1867   Bathampton  
Charles Shuttleworth Born abt 1868   Dorset  
Edward Born abt 1870   Bathford  
Lillian Born abt 1875   Bathampton  
Robert Born abt 1876   Bathampton  
Frederick Born 10 Jan 1879   Bathampton  
Birth of New Wife
Augusta Ethelreda "Ethel" Allen b: abt 1839               Milverton, Somerset       1839 1Q Wellington 10 471
daughter of John Roy Allen and Lydia Augusta Watson     Died 2 Oct 1896

Marriage
abt 1864
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen
Augusta Ethelreda "Ethel" Allen 		      1864 4Q Taunton 5c 655

Children
Gertrude Allen b: abt 1865               Bath, Somerset
daughter of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Mabel Allen b: abt 1866               Bathampton, Somerset       1866 4Q Bath 5c 621
daughter of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Florence Allen b: abt 1867               Bathampton, Somerset       1867 4Q Bath 5c 599
daughter of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Charles Shuttleworth Allen b: abt 1868               Weymouth, Dorset       1868 4Q Weymouth 5a 324
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Edward Allen b: abt 1870               Bathford, Somerset       1870 3Q Bath 5c 681
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen

1871 Census RG10-2498 3 April 1871 Bathford, Somerset
Shockerwick House
Ralph S. Allen
Ethel (Wife)
Fanny M.
Philip
Gertrude
Mabel
Florence
Charles
Edward
Colman B. Rashleigh (Visitor)
Mary Anne Rashleigh (Wife) Plus 8 Servants 		Age 53
Age 30
Age 20
Age 17
Age 5
Age 4
Age 3
Age 2
Age 9 Mon
Age 51
Age 46 		M. P.








Baronet 		Brit. Subj.
Milverton
Halifax
Brighton
Bath
Bathampton
Bathampton
Weymouth
Shockerwick
Rickmansworth
Pelyn 		France
Somerset
Nova Scotia
Sussex
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Dorset
Somerset
Hertfordshire
Cornwall 		abt 1817
abt 1839
abt 1850
abt 1853
abt 1865
abt 1866
abt 1867
abt 1868
abt 1870
abt 1819
abt 1824

Lillian Allen b: abt 1875               Bathampton, Somerset       1875 2Q Bath 5c 625
daughter of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Robert Allen b: abt 1876               Bathampton, Somerset       1876 3Q Bath 5c 583
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen
Frederick Allen b: 10 Jan 1879               Bathampton, Somerset       1879 1Q Bath 5c 627
son of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Ethel Allen       1969 3Q Barton 10b 648

1881 Census RG11-2433 4 April 1881 Bathampton, Somerset
Manor House
Ralph S. Allen
Ethel (Wife)
Gertrude
Mabel
Florence
Charles
Edward
Lillian
Robert
Frederick
John (Nephew)
Plus 6 Servants 		Age 63
Age 40
Age 15
Age 14
Age 13
Age 12
Age 10
Age 5
Age 4
Age 2
Age 13 		J.P. Major Retired Tours
Milverton
Bath
Bathampton
Bathampton
Weymouth
Batheaston
Bathampton
Bathampton
Bathampton
Nether Stowey 		France
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Dorset
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset
Somerset 		abt 1817
abt 1840
abt 1865
abt 1866
abt 1867
abt 1868
abt 1870
abt 1875
abt 1876
10 Jan 1879
abt 1867

Death
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen Died 6 Feb 1887, Age 69,       1887 1Q Bath 5c 480

The Times, Wednesday, Feb 9, 1887                         Death
  On the 6th Feb., at Hampton Manor, Bath, Major Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, aged 69.

The Times, Thursday, Feb 10, 1887                     Obituaries
OBITUARY
  The late Major Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, of Bathampton Manor, whose death occurred on Sunday at his Somerset residence at the age of 68, was the eldest son of the late Mr. Henry Allen, of Bathampton, by his marriage with Frances, daughter of Mr. Henry Lloyd.   He was born in the year 1818, and was educated at Woolwich.   He was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Somerset, and formerly held a captain's commission in the Royal Artillery, and was afterwards major in the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Artillery.   He sat for East Somerset in the Conservative interest from 1868 to 1879.   He was also chairman of the Bath Board of Guardians.   Major Allen was twice married - first, to Annie Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir Samuel Cunard, and secondly, to Ethel, daughter of Mr. John Roy Allen, of Lyngford-house, near Taunton.   He was a direct lineal descendant of the brother of Ralph Allen, of Prior Park, the friend and correspondent of Pope and Bishop Warburton.
BRISTOL   3 March 1887                         Probate
ALLEN, Ralph Shuttleworth, Esq. - Administration of the Personal Estate of Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, late of the Manor, Bathampton in the County of Somerset, Esquire, who died 6 February 1887, at the Manor, was granted at Bristol, to Ralph Edward Allen, of Colchester, in the County of Essex, a Lieutenant-Colonel in Her Majesty's Army, the Son, and one of the Next of Kin.
  Personal Estate £13,033 43s. 10d.
  Resworn June 1888 £12,21716s. 5d.

Death
Augusta Etheldreda "Ethel" (Allen) Allen Died 2 Oct 1896, Age 56,                         1896 4Q Kingston 2a 199
Durdledore, Worple-road, Wimbledon, Surrey

The Times, Monday, Oct 5, 1896                         Death
ALLEN On the 2nd October, at Wimbledon, aged 56 years, Ethel,daughter of the late John Roy Allen of Lyngford, Taunton, and widow of Major Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, of Bathampton, Somerset.



The Times, Thursday, May 22, 1902                         Death
  ALLEN - On the 17th May., at New York, George Cunard Allen, second son of the late Major Ralph Shuttleworth Allen, of Bathampton, Somerset, aged 54.



The Times, Saturday, Feb 26, 1910                         Death
  ALLEN - On the 23rd Feb., 1910, Major-General Ralph Edward Allen, C.B., at Luxor, on his birthday, aged 64.

LONDON   12 Apr 1910                                         Probate
ALLEN, Ralph Edward - of 10 Hanover-square, Middlesex, C.B., died 23 February 1910 at the Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor in Upper Egypt, Probate London 12 April, to Henry Mellish esquire and William Edward Ligonier Balfour, retired colonel His Majesty's Army.   Effects £63,908 4s. 8d.
LONDON   23 Dec 1896                         Probate
ALLEN, Augusta Etheldreda - of Worple-road, Wimbledon, Surrey, widow, died 3 October 1896, Probate London 23 December, to John Edward Allen, retired major general in Her Majesty's army.
  Effects £842 13s. 9d.




SPECIAL THANKS   to Kerryn from Somerset, for the photo from the Bathampton Parish Church, and many details provided above.