{{Short description|Irish civil servant and writer (1921–2017)}} {{morefootnotes|date=April 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2022}} '''Fergus Hamilton Allen''' CB FRSL (3 September 1921 – 22 July 2017)<ref>[https://www.thetimes.com/past-six-days/2017-08-28/register/obituary-fergus-allen-3xgq0znkp OBITUARY Fergus Allen]</ref> was a civil servant and author.
Allen was educated at Newtown School, Waterford before going up to Trinity College, Dublin (MA, MAI, ScD).
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== External links == *[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/a/10868/Fergus+Hamilton.aspx Debrett's People of Today] *[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=12218 Profile and poem at The Poetry Archive]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Fergus}} Category:1921 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath