James Allen (priest, born 1802)

{{Short description|Welsh Anglican clergyman (1802–1897)}}

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James Allen (15 July 1802 – 26 June 1897) was an Anglican clergyman, the second DeanAlthough it was an ancient foundation, before 1840 the senior residentiary cleric was the Precentor, and not a Dean, due to a complication during the dissolution of the monasteries > “Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi, 1181–1981 / St David's Cathedral, 1181–1981” St David's, Gwasg yr Oriel Fach, 1981 {{ISBN|0-905421-02-7}} of St David's."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889

Allen was born in Burton, Pembrokeshire. He was educated at Westminster, Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge,{{acad|id= ALN819J |name=Allen, James}}Who was Who (1991) Who was who. A cumulated index 1897–1990, CD-ROM, London : A & C Black, {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} graduating in 1825.The Times, Monday, Jun 28, 1897; pg. 12; Issue 35241; col D Obituary He was Vicar of Castlemartin from 1839 to 1872, and a Canon Residentiary at St David's before his elevation to the Deanery.
He died on 26 June 1897 at St David's.THE LATE DEAN OF ST. DAVID'S. Liverpool Mercury (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, June 29, 1897; Issue 15443. Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses gives his day of death as 25 June.