Anthony Allen (died 11 April 1754) was an English lawyer and antiquary Allen was born at Great Hadham in Hertfordshire, about the end of the seventeenth century.
[2] Admitted to the Middle Temple in 1704, Allen was called to the bar in 1710.
[1][2] Through the influence of Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons, he became a master in chancery in 1728.
[2] Esteemed as a classical scholar, Allen was a wit of convivial habits.
Allen collected a biographical account of the members of Eton College, which by his will, dated 1753, he ordered to be placed in the libraries of the two colleges, and a third copy to be given to his patron, Christian Cronauer.