A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Allen, Henry Murray Edward
ALLEN. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 22; h-p., 3.)
Henry Murray Edward Allen is next brother of Capt. John Jas. Allen, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 1 Aug. 1822. Becoming Midshipman, in 1823, of the Sybille 48, Capt. Sam. John Brooke Pechell, he proceeded to the Mediterranean, and was there employed in the boats during a hard-fought and sanguinary contest with the pirates of Candia, 18 June, 1826. Obtaining his first commission, 24 Feb. 1829, he was afterwards appointed, on the former and North America and West India stations – 25 Feb. 1830, to the Actæon 26, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey – 9 July, 1834, as First, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy – and, 14 Feb. 1837, in a similar capacity, to the Seringapatam 46, Capt. John Leith. Capt. Allen, who attained the rank of Commander 23 Nov. 1841, and had been employed, since 4 June, 1844, in the Imaum 72, bearing the broad pendants at Jamaica of Commodores Alex. Renton Sharpe and Dan. Pring, acquired the rank he now holds 9 Nov. 1846.
He married, 30 Dec. 1841, Mary, daughter of the late John Eversley, Esq.