Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (c. 1764 – 14 September 1820) was a British painter and politician.
16-1511: Alexander Allan or Allen may refer to: Politics and law [ edit ] Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet (c. 1764–1820), British politician, Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed Alexander Allen (politician) (1842–1924), American politician in the state of Washington Alex Allan (born 1951), British civil servant Sports [ edit ] Scotty Allan or Allan Alexander Allan (1867–1941), Scottish-born American dog musher Alex Allan (footballer) (fl. 1910s), Scottish footballer Alex Allen (baseball) (fl. 1940s), Negro league baseball player Sandy Allen (cricketer) (born 1984), English cricketer Alex Allan (rugby union) (born 1992), Scotland rugby union player Others [ edit ] Alexander Allan (ship owner) (1780–1854), Scottish sea captain and businessman Alexander Allan (locomotive engineer) (1809–1891), Scottish mechanical engineer Alexander Allen (writer) (1814–1842), English writer and linguist Alexander Viets Griswold Allen (1841–1908), American theologian Florence Parry Heide (pen name "Alex B. Allen", 1919–2011), American children's author Alexander J. Allen (fl. 1930s), American physicist, namesake of Allen Hall (University of Pittsburgh) Alexander Allen (stylist) (active since 2001), American fashion stylist See also [ edit ] Allan (disambiguation) Allen (surname) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
32-565: A member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biography of a baronet in the baronetage of the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) Berwick-upon-Tweed ( / ˌ b ɛr ɪ k -/ ) was a parliamentary constituency in Northumberland represented in
48-443: A major source of employment, Berwick-upon-Tweed has never elected a Labour candidate, one of two constituencies in the north east of England not to have done so. The closest Labour have ever come to winning the seat was at the 1966 general election , where they finished just 4,373 votes behind incumbent Conservative MP Antony Lambton. The area has been notable for its Liberal politicians – both Sir William Beveridge (influential in
64-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet Of obscure origins, he joined the East India Company as a cadet in 1779 and had been promoted to captain when he served in the Fourth Mysore War in 1798 as Deputy Quartermaster-General. He painted numerous water colours of the campaign. On his return to England he
80-521: Is thought that it was first enfranchised as an English borough between 1491 and 1512. It was unaffected by the Reform Act 1832 and continued to elect two MPs until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 . The 1885 Act re-constituted the constituency as one of four divisions of Northumberland, each electing one MP. The contents of the parliamentary borough, as defined by
96-586: The House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2015 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Anne-Marie Trevelyan , a Conservative . It was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1512 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by
112-834: The Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 , were: The Parish of Berwick, and the Respective Townships of Tweedmouth and Spittal. The contents of the county division, as defined by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , were: The Sessional Divisions of Bamburgh, Coquetdale East (part), Coquetdale North, Glendale, and Norhamshire and Islandshire; and the Municipal Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Gained small areas to south from Wansbeck (Amble) and Hexham (Rothbury). No change (the Urban District of Rothbury had been absorbed into
128-461: The bloc vote system. It was a county constituency since 1885, electing one MP under the first-past-the-post system. Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was expanded and renamed North Northumberland to reflect the inclusion of the town of Morpeth from the abolished constituency of Wansbeck . The constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed is in the county of Northumberland . It includes as its northernmost point
144-609: The Rural District). Contents changed following reorganisation of local authorities in 1974. The seat was expanded southwards, adding the (rural) wards in Castle Morpeth Borough, previously part of the abolished constituency of Morpeth . In the fifth periodic boundary review of parliamentary representation in Northumberland, which came into effect for the 2010 general election , the contents of
160-400: The establishment of the county as a unitary authority . However, this did not affect the constituency boundaries. In the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which came into effect for the 2024 general election , the constituency was abolished and replaced by re-established North Northumberland constituency. Rural in nature, sparse of population and with agriculture as
176-530: The existing Berwick constituency were unchanged and the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to take account of ward boundary changes. A proposal to rename the historic seat "Berwick-upon-Tweed and Mid Northumberland" was rejected: whilst it is geographically accurate, it was thought unwieldy. In 2009, a further government reorganisation resulted in the abolition of all local government boroughs and districts in Northumberland and
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#1732786747126192-559: The formation of the National Health Service ) and Edward Grey (Foreign Secretary at the beginning of World War I , best remembered for the "lamps are going out all over Europe...." remark) have served this constituency. It was represented by Liberal Democrat Sir Alan Beith from 1973 (formerly Liberal ) until his retirement in 2015 , when it was gained by the Conservative candidate Anne-Marie Trevelyan. Beith
208-409: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Allan&oldid=1253859581 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
224-574: The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and stretches south to include the towns of Alnwick and Amble — the Northumberland coast forms its long eastern boundary. Its length is roughly 50 miles (80 km) and its area is 2,310 square kilometres. Predominantly rural in character, this constituency is the most northerly in England and is relatively sparsely populated. Berwick had been intermittently represented in Scottish Parliaments but it
240-685: Was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1803 to 1806 and 1807 to 1820. He was a director of the East India Company from 1814 to 1817 and 1819 to his death. He was made a baronet on 18 September 1819, of Kingsgate in the County of Kent . The title became extinct upon his death in 1820. He never married and left a large part of his wealth to Fanny Franklyn, the wife of Henry Franklyn of Copthall House, near Luton, Bedfordshire, with remainder to her son Alexander Allen Franklyn, later Webbe. This article about
256-428: Was first elected at a by-election, required as a result of the resignation of the then incumbent MP Antony Lambton (Conservative), who had been caught up in a scandal involving call girls , marijuana and a tabloid newspaper. In 1923, Mabel Philipson , a former music hall actress, took over the seat as a Conservative, when her husband was forced to resign. In doing so she became only the third female MP to sit in
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