Adm. John Carter ALLEN

  General Notes:

Lately, at his house in Devonshire-place. John Carter Allen, Esq., Admiral of the White squadron. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the 14th of June 1745 and to that of Commander on the 5th of April 1757. He was advanced to the rank of Post Captain on the 21st of March 1758, when he was commissioned to the Experiment, and from thence soon after removed into the Repulse In the month of August 1760, being then Captain of the same frigate, he distinguished himself extremely under the command of Commodore Byron, on the Halifax station, in the attack and destruction of three French frigates, with a considerable number of small craft, in Chalure Bay. IH 1770, he was appointed to the Ajax, and proceeded in that ship to Gibraltar, having some troops on board, which were sent thither as part of the garrison. In 1779, he was appointed to the Albion; but he quitted that ship very soon afterward, and removed into the Egmont, on board which ship he served under the orders of Mr. Keppel, at the time of the engagement with the French fleet off Ushant, on which occasion he very materially distinguished himself. In 1782, he commanded the Royal William, one of the fleet sent to the relief of Gibraltar, under the orders of the late Earl Howe. Peace having taken place soon after the return of that armament into port, Mr. Alien never held any subsequent command, either as a Captain or Flag Officer. On the 24th of September 1787, he was advanced to the rank of Rear Admiral of the White; in 1790, to that of Rear-Admiral of the Red; on the 1st of February 1793, to that of Vice-Admiral of the White; on the 12th of April 1794, to the same of the Red; on the 1st of June 1795, to that of Admiral of the Blue ; and on the I4th of February 1799, to the same rank of the White. In the month of September 1788, his daughter was married to ___ Robinson, Esq. Banker, of Arundel, Sussex.

John married Juliana HAMPDEN, daughter of William HAMPDEN and Unknown.