# Fergus Allen

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{{Short description|Irish civil servant and writer (1921–2017)}}
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'''Fergus Hamilton Allen''' [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) [FRSL](/source/FRSL) (3 September 1921 &ndash; 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](/source/author).

Allen was educated at Newtown School, [Waterford](/source/Waterford) before going up to [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)), [MAI](/source/Master's_degree_in_Europe), [ScD](/source/ScD)).

==References==
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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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{{s-bef|before=[Kenneth Clucas](/source/Kenneth_Clucas)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[First Civil Service Commissioner](/source/First_Civil_Service_Commissioner)|years=1974–1981}}
{{s-aft|after=[Angus Fraser](/source/Angus_Fraser_(civil_servant))}}
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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

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