(The Illustrated London News, Jan. 31, 1885)
The will (dated Nov. 14, 1881) of Mr. Charles Allen, formerly of the Hon. East India Company's Service, late of No. 10, Norton Tenby, Pembrokeshire, who died on the 5th ult., was proved on the 24th ult. by Herbert James Allen, Charles Francis Egerton Allen, the Rev. William Osborn Bird Allen, and David Bird Allen, the sons, four of the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £48,000. The testator leaves his dwelling-house at Tenby, with the furniture and effects, and the land contiguous thereto, to his eldest son; £3000 to each of his other sons; and legacies to nephews, nieces, servants, and executors. The residue of his property he gives to his six sons, Herbert James, Charles Francis Egerton, William Osborn Bird, David Bird, Jeffrey Jullian, and Walter Griffith.