Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet

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

Portrait of Sir Alexander Allan

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.

The assault of Seringapatam, a print after Allan

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

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  1. ^ Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (1764–1820) British Library
  2. ^ a b "ALLAN, Alexander (?1764-1820), of Kingsgate, Kent and Baker Street, Marylebone, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  3. ^ "No. 17499". The London Gazette. 31 July 1819. p. 1337.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
18031806
With: Francis Sitwell
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
18071820
With: Sir Alexander Lockhart, Bt to 1812
Henry St Paul from 1812
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
of Kingsgate, Kent
1819–1820
Extinct
Preceded by  
Allan baronets
of Kingsgate

18 September 1819
Succeeded by