Born in Birkenhead to Joseph Allen and his wife Edith (née Scholefield), he was educated at Birkenhead Institute and Liverpool University, from where he graduated with first class honours in law.
Practising in criminal law, his most famous brief was the sensational 1931 Liverpool murder case, acting as junior counsel for William Herbert Wallace, assisting Roland OliverKC, who led for the Defence. Wallace was initially convicted of the bizarre murder of his wife Julia, and sentenced to death, but in a unique legal decision the verdict was quashed on Appeal, because the weight of the evidence did not support it, and Wallace was freed. Scholefield Allen was appointed a King's Counsel in June 1945. He served as Recorder of Blackburn between 1947 and 1970.[citation needed]
scholefield, allen, sydney, january, 1898, march, 1974, british, barrister, labour, party, politician, citation, needed, allen, 1949, member, parliament, crewein, office, july, 1945, february, 1974preceded, bydonald, somervellsucceeded, bygwyneth, dunwoodypers. Sydney Scholefield Allen QC 3 January 1898 26 March 1974 was a British barrister and Labour Party politician citation needed Scholefield AllenAllen in May 1949 Member of Parliament for CreweIn office 5 July 1945 8 February 1974Preceded byDonald SomervellSucceeded byGwyneth DunwoodyPersonal detailsBornSydney Scholefield Allen 1882 02 03 3 February 1882Birkenhead Cheshire EnglandDied26 March 1974 1974 03 26 aged 76 Political partyLabourSpouseMona IrvingChildren2EducationLiverpool UniversityMilitary serviceAllegiance United KingdomBranch service British ArmyUnitRoyal ArtilleryBattles warsFirst World WarBorn in Birkenhead to Joseph Allen and his wife Edith nee Scholefield he was educated at Birkenhead Institute and Liverpool University from where he graduated with first class honours in law He served with the Royal Artillery during the First World War and subsequently was called to the Bar at Gray s Inn Practising in criminal law his most famous brief was the sensational 1931 Liverpool murder case acting as junior counsel for William Herbert Wallace assisting Roland Oliver KC who led for the Defence Wallace was initially convicted of the bizarre murder of his wife Julia and sentenced to death but in a unique legal decision the verdict was quashed on Appeal because the weight of the evidence did not support it and Wallace was freed Scholefield Allen was appointed a King s Counsel in June 1945 He served as Recorder of Blackburn between 1947 and 1970 citation needed He was elected as Member of Parliament MP for Crewe at the 1945 general election defeating the Conservative Home Secretary Sir Donald Somervell and held the seat until he retired at the February 1974 general election a month before his death His successor as MP was Gwyneth Dunwoody He was married to Mona nee Irving and they had two sons John advisor to Harold Wilson and David citation needed References editLeigh Rayment s Peerage Pages self published source better source needed External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Scholefield Allen Portraits of Sydney Scholefield Allen at the National Portrait Gallery London nbsp Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byDonald Somervell Member of Parliament for Crewe1945 February 1974 Succeeded byGwyneth Dunwoody nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This United Kingdom law related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scholefield Allen amp oldid 1168272673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
