Thomas Allan (politician)
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Thomas Allan (1725–1798) was an Irish politician. Allan sat in the
Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...
as the Member of Parliament for
Killybegs Killybegs () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the largest fishing port in the country and on the island of Ireland. It is located on the south coast of the county, north of Donegal Bay, near Donegal Town. Its Irish name means 'littl ...
between 1768 and 1776. In 1773 he was appointed Commissioner for Revenue in Ireland. He then represented
Naas Naas ( ; or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge) and the List of urban ar ...
from 1777 to 1783. Between 1778 and 1785 Allan served as Commissioner of Customs in England.John Beresford
''The Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Beresford''
(Woodfall and Kinder, 1854), p.4. (Retrieved 22 February 2016).


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allan, Thomas 1725 births 1798 deaths Irish MPs 1769–1776 Irish MPs 1776–1783 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kildare constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies