st. Aberdeen, she _d._ 30 Aug. 1820 aged 23). Found dead in his
bed at Ury 1 May 1854. _bur._ in family burying ground called the
Houff, which contains an account of the family from year 1110. _H.
H. Dixon’s Field and fern (North)_ 1865 _pp._ 196–210;
_Pugilistica by H. D. Miles i_, 435–39 (1880), _portrait_;
_Pedestrianism_ [_by Walter Thom_] _Aberdeen_ 1813, _portrait_;
_The eccentric mag. i_, 133–50 (1812), _portrait_.
NOTE.—The coach called the Defiance (of which he was one of
the 5 proprietors) ran from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and was the
fastest and best conducted coach in the United Kingdom, it
performed the journey 126 miles in 12 hours; it ran its first
journey 1 July 1829 and its last Oct. 1849. The 1000 mile feat
has never been performed by any other man, although many
persons are _stated_ to have done it.
ALLASON, THOMAS. _b._ London 31 July 1790; architect in London 1817;
employed in landscape gardening; a comr. of Board of Metropolitan
Sewers; author of _Picturesque views of the antiquities of Pola in
Istria_ 1819. _d._ 9 April 1852.
ALLCROFT, JEREMIAH MACKLIN. _b._ 1791; partner in firm of Dent,
Allcroft and Co. of Wood st. London and Worcester, glovers;
chamberlain of Worcester 1832–33. _d._ Worcester 6 July 1867.
ALLEN, CHARLES, calling himself Charles Edward Lewis Casimir Stuart,
Count d’Albanie (_only son of Charles Manning Allen 1799–1880_).
Col. in the Austrian army. (_m._ 15 May 1874 Alice Mary Emily 3
and youngest dau. of the 17 Earl of Errol, she was _b._ 7 July
1835 and _d._ 7 June 1881.) _d._ 8 May 1882 aged 57, thus ending
this dynasty of modern pretenders.
ALLEN, CHARLES. _b._ 1808; a member of Financial council, Calcutta;
alderman of Tenby; mayor 2 or 3 times; sheriff of co. Pembroke