[1] Allen was a Guards officer in the Peninsular War, noted for his conduct at the battle of Talavera.
[3] Viscount Allen never married;[1] and on his death his titles became extinct.
[4] Allen was a prominent London dandy, supposed to have said that "the English could make nothing well but a kitchen poker".
[5] At White's, he succeeded to the bow window place of honour, once occupied by Beau Brummell, after William Arden, 2nd Baron Alvanley.
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