Talk:1840 Birmingham by-election

"Mr. Allen, the Whig"
Who was the man The Spectator calls "Mr. Allen, the Whig"? I surmise Robert Allen, a Town Councillor who was made Serjeant-at-law in 1846 and stood in the 1847 election. Other Allens mentioned in "Modern Birmingham and its institutions: a chronicle of local events, from 1841 to 1871" are jnestorius(talk) 15:22, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * J. R. Allen, temperance ally of George Dawson and co-founder in 1846 of the Birmingham Clerks' Association and Birmingham Mercantile and Literary Institute
 * W. S. Allen, of the 1851 Kossuth Committee
 * "Mr. Allen", principal vocalist at an 1846 concert.