William Johnston Allen
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William Johnston Allen (1835 – 12 June 1915) was an Irish-born Australian politician.[1]
William Johnston Allen was born in Belfast, Ireland, the eldest child of Ruth Sayers Johnston and soap manufacturer William Bell Allen,[2] later a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, as the member for Williams from 1860 until 1864.[3] His father arrived in Sydney in 1841, and his mother brought William and his sister Eliza Allen, in 1844.[2] When he grew older, William joined his father in the soap and candle business.
On 21 April 1868 he married Edith Isabella Crew; they had eight children.
