Her other son, Richard Lathom, a Royalist, fought alongside his uncles in the English Civil War.

[4] The Hardman family continued to live at Allerton until 1795 when the house was bought from them by the abolitionist, lawyer and philanthropist, William Roscoe.

[2] There were a number of Hardman claimants to the ownership of the Hall, however, none succeeded as the family's wealth had deteriorated since selling to Roscoe.

[5][6][7] During the American Civil War, the mansion was rented by Charles Kuhn Prioleau, an American landowner and slaver from South Carolina who financially supported the Confederate States, and who married Mary Elizabeth Hardman, known as the "Belle of Liverpool".

[2] Allerton Hall is designed in Palladian style and built in red sandstone with three storeys.

[2] Surviving the fires, are a room at the west end which has panelled walls and a stucco ceiling in Rococo style, and parts of Roscoe's library.