Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet

British painter

Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (c. 1764 – 14 September 1820) was a British painter and politician.

Of obscure origins, he joined the East India Company as a cadet in 1779 and had been promoted to captain when he served in the Fourth Mysore War in 1798 as Deputy Quartermaster-General. He painted numerous water colours of the campaign.^[1]

On his return to England he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1803 to 1806 and 1807 to 1820.^[2] He was a director of the East India Company from 1814 to 1817 and 1819 to his death.

He was made a baronet on 18 September 1819, of Kingsgate in the County of Kent.^[3] The title became extinct upon his death in 1820. He never married and left a large part of his wealth to Fanny Franklyn, the wife of Henry Franklyn of Copthall House, near Luton, Bedfordshire, with remainder to her son Alexander Allen Franklyn, later Webbe.^[2]

References

^ Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764–1820) British Library
^ ^a ^b "ALLAN, Alexander (?1764-1820), of Kingsgate, Kent and Baker Street, Marylebone, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
^ "No. 17499". The London Gazette. 31 July 1819. p. 1337.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Hall John Fordyce	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1803–1806 With: Francis Sitwell	Succeeded by Sir John Callender, Bt Alexander Tower
Preceded by Sir John Callender, Bt Alexander Tower	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1807–1820 With: Sir Alexander Lockhart, Bt to 1812 Henry St Paul from 1812	Succeeded by Viscount Ossulston Sir David Milne
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet of Kingsgate, Kent 1819–1820	Extinct
Preceded by Baillie baronets	Allan baronets of Kingsgate 18 September 1819	Succeeded by Robinson baronets