Sir William James Allen (15 October 1866 - 20 December 1947) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.

He was elected to the British House of Commons at a by-election in 1917, as an Irish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) for North Armagh, and retained his seat at the 1918 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1922 general election, when he was re-elected as a member of the new Ulster Unionist Party for the new Armagh constituency.

He died in 1947 two weeks after being hit by a lorry as he left a tram on the Lisburn Road, Belfast on 5 December. He was 81 and the second oldest MP in the House of Commons. Sir William was buried in Lurgan. He was survived by his second wife Lillah Irene, Lady Allen.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Moore	Member of Parliament for North Armagh 1917-1922	Succeeded by Himself as MP for Armagh
New constituency made from three existing constituencies	Member of Parliament for Armagh 1922-1947	Succeeded by James Richard Edwards Harden
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by William Lyons	Sovereign Grand Master of the Royal Black Preceptory 1924-1947	Succeeded by Sir Norman Stronge

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