Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen

Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen DL (20 August 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

Allhusen was the son of Henry Christian Allhusen, son of Danish-born chemical magnate 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

  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) [First published 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 (ALHN887AH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "No. 27159". The London Gazette. 30 January 1900. p. 604.
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Salisbury
1897 – 1900 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hackney Central
1900 – 1906 		Succeeded by