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| William Allen R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| November 1792 | Born (Pimlico, London) | ||
| 18 November 1841 | Fellow of the Royal Society. | ||
| 1849 | Travelled through (and later wrote on) Syria and Palestine. | ||
| 23 January 1864 | Died | ||
| He was an accomplished musician; some of his landscape paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1828 to 1847. | |||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 2 October 1805 | Entered Navy | ||
| 2 March 1815 | Lieutenant | ||
| 20 June 1838 | Commander | ||
| 31 January 1842 | Captain | ||
| 12 April 1862 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 2 October 1805 | 1808 | 1st class Volunteer in Standard (1779, third rate), commanded by Captain Thomas Harvey, Mediterranean | |
| 1809 | February 1810 | Midshipman in Majestic (1785, third rate), commanded by Captain Thomas Harvey, Baltic | |
| (1811) | Midshipman in Leda (1809, fifth rate), commanded by George Sayer | ||
| 21 April 1815 | 14 September 1815 | Lieutenant in Hesper (1809, ship-sloop), commanded by William Everard | |
| 1832 | Volunteer in Richard Landers Niger expedition, in which Lander was killed. He returned to England one of only nine survivors of the 47 expedition members. | ||
| 12 November 1834 | 19 June 1836 | Lieutenant in William and Mary, commanded by Captain Sir Samuel Warren | |
| 10 October 1840 | 30 January 1842 | Commander in Wilberforce, 1841 Niger expedition | |
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