George Allan (antiquary)

George Allan (1736–1800) was an English antiquary and attorney at Darlington.

[2] He was the author of several works relating to the history and antiquities of County Durham; he greatly aided William Hutchinson in his History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.

He presented to the Society of Antiquaries of London 26 quarto volumes of a manuscript relating principally to the University of Oxford, which he extracted from the public libraries there.

[3] Allan married Anne Nicholson, and they had six children.

The eldest son George Allan served as Member of Parliament for Durham.