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- Allen, Dr. Samuel (1778-1835), of Lisconnan. Son of Samuel Allen (1742-1820) of Lisconnan and his wife Frances, daughter of James Higginson of Lisburn (Antrim), born 1778. Doctor of Medicine; gave a site for the building of a Catholic church in Dervock. He formed a notable library which was dispersed at a Sothebys sale in 1920, after the death of his descendant and namesake in 1919. He married, 14 November 1798, Millicent Mary, daughter of Ven. Conway Benning, Archdeacon of Dromore, and had issue:
(1) Anne Allen (1805-90); married Edmund Alexander Douglas (d. 1846), son of Rev. Charles Douglas, and had issue four sons and one daughter; died 23 February 1890; will proved at Belfast, 27 August 1890 (effects ?370);
(2) Samuel Allen; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (admitted 1817); made a tour of Palestine in 1826 and died in Paris;
(3) Henry Ellis Allen (1808-74) (q.v.);
(4) Conway James Allen (1812-49);
(5) George Allen (1816-98); of Geelong (Australia);
(6) Thomas Allen (1819-49);
(7) Ellen Allen; died unmarried;
(8) Amelia Allen; died unmarried;
(9) Jane Allen; died unmarried;
(10) Frances Allen (1823-97); married, 4 December 1849, Rev. Charles Edward Dighton, vicar of Maisemore (Glos) and had issue; died 28 March 1897.
He inherited Lisconnan House from his father in 1820.
He died 9 October 1835.
Lisconnan House, Dervock, Co. Antrim
The house, of cream-washed roughcast, is an irregular H-shaped block, with a seven bay two storey entrance front forming one side of the H, the oldest part containing the staircase forming the cross-range and the service wing forming the other main range. The present building replaces a 17th century house. The entrance front seems all to date from around 1820, but originally consisted of a four bay two-storey part with a lower three-bay wing; the single-storey part was raised to match the rest in 1886 and the central porch, with a very wide plain segmental fanlight, was added about 1900. These additions were, however, so well done that the facade looks all of one date now. Inside, there are a well-proportioned hall, drawing room, and dining room, and a charming room upstairs with a coved ceiling; the detailing is generally good, with reeded doorcases, shutters and dummy doors. The Venetian window on the first floor over the porch is better detailed inside than out.
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