Sir Richard Allin, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Allin, 1st Baronet (c.1659–1725), of Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, was a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1709 to 1710.

Allin was born as Richard Anguish, the second, but eldest surviving son of Edmund Anguish of Moulton, Norfolk and his wife Alice Allin, daughter of Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet of Olderings House, Lowestoft, Suffolk and Mark Lane, London.

He was admitted at St John's College, Cambridge on 30 April 1695, aged 15.

At the 1708 British general election, Allin stood as Whig at Dunwich but was defeated in the poll.

However he petitioned and was seated as Member of Parliament for Dunwich on 15 January 1709.

Somerleyton Hall - The garden front