Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir Bertram Cowles Allen KCB MVO (29 November 1875 – 7 February 1957) was a British Royal Navy officer.

Fanny was the second daughter of James Braidwood (1800-1861), Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade.

[4] Bertram Cowles Allen was educated at Christ's Hospital and commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1893.

[2] He fought in the Naval Brigade during the Second Boer War, and was awarded clasps for Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein and Paardeburg.

He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1912 in recognition of his services during the voyage.