Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen

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

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] and his wife Susan Elizabeth Mary Stewart-Mackenzie,^[12] a hostess and politician better known under her later name as Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ "Allhusen, Augustus Henry Eden (ALHN887AH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "No. 27159". The London Gazette. 30 January 1900. p. 604.
^ ^a ^b ^c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 2 – via Internet Archive.
^ "No. 26818". The London Gazette. 29 January 1897. p. 539.
^ "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6770.
^ Craig 1989, p. 18.
^ "No. 26814". The London Gazette. 15 January 1897. p. 260.
^ "No. 28701". The London Gazette. 18 March 1913. p. 2087.
^ "Stanley family's collection of ethnographic objects". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen

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

[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)

[craig1885-1918-3] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

[venn-4] "Allhusen, Augustus Henry Eden (ALHN887AH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] "No. 27159". The London Gazette. 30 January 1900. p. 604.

[debrett-1901-6] Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901. London: Dean & Son. 1901. p. 2 – via Internet Archive.

[7] "No. 26818". The London Gazette. 29 January 1897. p. 539.

[8] "No. 27244". The London Gazette. 6 November 1900. p. 6770.

[FOOTNOTECraig198918-9] Craig 1989, p. 18.

[10] "No. 26814". The London Gazette. 15 January 1897. p. 260.

[11] "No. 28701". The London Gazette. 18 March 1913. p. 2087.

[12] "Stanley family's collection of ethnographic objects". web.prm.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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