William Allan (English politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

William Allan (English politician)

British politician

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1837

Date of Death: 28-Dec-1903

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sir William Allan (29 November 1837 – 28 December 1903) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician and engineer.
He was Member of Parliament for Gateshead from 1893 until his death in 1903.Allan was born in Dundee, the son of engineer James Allan.
His father suffered financial failure, causing Allan to begin work as an apprentice at age 10.
He emigrated to the United States, working for several years in Paterson, New Jersey before returning to Glasgow.
He began his professional career was as a steamship engineer in the early years of construction of these vessels and his business was the Scotia engineering works in Sunderland, England.
He was also involved with a sea line, the Albyn Line.
His early life included crew experience on steamships which were at one stage gun-running to America during the American Civil War, and he wrote of a number of dangerous escapades during this time.He was knighted in the 1902 Coronation Honours.He had five sons and four daughters.
His son, Walter Beattie Allan, published a book which was an illustrated account of his life, for his grandchildren.
William Allan published a number of books of traditional Scottish poetry



Alternative names	"Spy", "Drawl"
Description	British portrait painter and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	21 November 1851	15 May 1922
Location of birth/death	England	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q920924 VIAF: 50798189 ISNI: 0000 0000 8452 2607 ULAN: 500015150 LCCN: n88603066 NLA: 35590992 WorldCat