peoplepill id: william-bell-allen
WBA
Australia Ireland Wales Great Britain United Kingdom
1 views today
1 views this week
William Bell Allen
manufacturer and politician

William Bell Allen

The basics

Quick Facts

Intro
manufacturer and politician
Work field
Gender
Male
Birth
Place of birth
Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of death
Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Age
57 years
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

William Bell Allen (1812 – 5 December 1869) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was the son of farmer William Allen and Mary Bell. In 1835 he married Ruth Johnston; they had four children. In 1841 the family migrated to Sydney, where Allen established a soap and candle business. By the 1860s he was producing 300 tons of soap a year and exporting to New Zealand. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Williams, serving until his defeat in 1864. Allen died at Waverley in 1869. His sons William, and Alfred, both later served in the Legislative Assembly.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
William Bell Allen is in following lists
comments so far.
Comments
From our partners
Sponsored
Credits
References and sources
William Bell Allen
arrow-left arrow-right instagram whatsapp myspace quora soundcloud spotify tumblr vk website youtube pandora tunein iheart itunes