Ralph Shuttleworth Allen (1817 – 6 February 1887) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Somerset at the 1868 general election,[1] was re-elected unopposed in 1874, and held his seat in the House of Commons until he resigned on 10 March 1879 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[2]
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