Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen

Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen (1867 – 2 May 1925)[1][2] was an English Conservative Party[3] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1897 to 1906.

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Life

He was son of Henry Christian Allhusen. Born in Gateshead, he was educated at Cheltenham College and at Trinity College, Cambridge (matriculated 1887, B.A. 1890).[4]

He was commissioned in 1900 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Western division, Royal Garrison Artillery) Volunteers[5] and later served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Royal Bucks Regiment of Yeomanry[6] and as a Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire.[6] He was elected at a by-election in January 1897 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salisbury, following the resignation of the Conservative MP Edward Hulse.[7] He did not contest Salisbury at the 1900 general election,[3] when he was elected as the MP for Hackney Central.[8] He was defeated at the 1906 general election,[9] and did not stand again.

He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in January 1897,[10] and was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1913.[11]

Family

In 1897 he married Mary Dorothy Osma, daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Constantine Stanley.[6]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  4. ^ Allhusen, Augustus Henry Eden in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 27159. p. 604. 30 January 1900. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 2. http://www.archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1901londuoft#page/2/mode/1up. 
  7. ^ London Gazette: no. 26818. p. 539. 29 January 1897. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 27244. p. 6770. 6 November 1900. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  9. ^ Craig, page 18
  10. ^ London Gazette: no. 26814. p. 260. 15 January 1897. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  11. ^ London Gazette: no. 28701. p. 2087. 18 March 1913. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Hulse		 Member of Parliament for Salisbury
1897 – 1900		 Succeeded by
Walter Palmer
Preceded by
Sir Andrew Scoble		 Member of Parliament for Hackney Central
1900 – 1906		 Succeeded by
Albert Spicer