Ralph Shuttleworth Allen

Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817 – 6 February 1887)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Somerset at the 1868 general election,[2] was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and held his seat in the House of Commons until he resigned on 10 March 1879 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[3]

Allen in the 1860s

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 450–451. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. ^ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for East Somerset
1868–1879
With: Richard Bright to 1878
Philip Miles from 1878
Succeeded by